单词 | caudex |
释义 | ‖ caudex Bot.|ˈkɔːdɛks| Pl. caudices |ˈkɔːdɪsiːz|. [L. caudex, codex trunk or stem of a tree.] ‘The axis of a plant, consisting of stem and root’ (Treas. Bot. 1866): esp. applied to the stem of palms, ferns, and the like.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 Some [Palms] have a low caudex..others exhibit a towering stem. 1851T. Moore Brit. Ferns (1864) 7 The stem of a Fern forms either an upright stock, called a caudex,..or it extends horizontally..and forms what is called a rhizome. |

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