caudex
(noun) woody stem of palms and tree ferns
stock, caudex
(noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
caudex (plural caudices or caudexes)
(botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
Source: Wiktionary
Cau"dex, n.; pl. L. Caudices, E. Caudexes. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Definition: The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
