pachycaul
/ˈpakɪkɔːl/Botany
noun
A tree having a thick primary stem and few or no branches (a primitive growth form especially characteristic of the tropics).
adjective
= pachycaulous.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in John Henry Corner (1906–1996), botanist. From pachy- + ancient Greek καυλός stem, stalk, after Hellenistic Greek παχύκαυλος having a thick stem or stalk.
- methylbenzene
- methyl bromide
- methylcellulose
- methyl chloride
- methylchloroform
- methylcholanthrene
- methyl cyanide
- methyldopa
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- methylene chloride
- methylene dichloride
- methylene violet
- methyl ether
- methyl ethyl ketone
- methylglyoxal
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- methylic
- methyl isobutyl ketone
- methyl isocyanate
- methyl isocyanide
- methylmalonate
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