ACAULESCENT

acaulescent, stemless

(adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

acaulescent (not comparable)

(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

Synonyms

• acaulous

• acauline

Source: Wiktionary


Ac`au*les"cent, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + caulescent.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

23 June 2025

PEOPLE

(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon