Definition of Acaulous

1. Adjective. (botany) acaulescent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acaulous

1. acauline [adj] - See also: acauline

Medical Definition of Acaulous

1. Same as Acaulescent. Origin: Gr.; priv. + stalk or L. Caulis stalk. See Cole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acaulous

acataphasia
acater
acaters
acates
acathectic
acathexia
acathexis
acathisia
acatour
acatours
acaudal
acaudate
acaulescent
acauline
acaulose
acaulous (current term)
acault
acaults
acausal
acausality
acausally
acc.
acca
accable
accaroid resin
accas
accede
acceded
accedence
accedences

Literary usage of Acaulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"... morphologically a stem structure ; subterra'nean, ~ , a rhizome ; stem'less, having no visible stem, acaulous ; Stem'let, a small stem, as the plumule. ..."

2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... an acaulous palm (Phoenix acaulis), low very sparse shrubs, among which the author, strangely enough, also includes large herbaceous plants, ..."

3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"acaulous, with a woody rhizome ; flowers suberect ; leaves and sepals obtuse, the leaves mostly broad at the base, with nerves discreet. ..."

4. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820)
"This species, which like the C. hu- mile is acaulous, has clearly, in the present instance, suffered from exposure to a temperature in the stove too high ..."

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