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Cauline
[
kaw
-lin
,
-lahyn
]
cau·line
/
ˈkɔ
lɪn
,
-laɪn
/
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[
kaw
-lin
,
-lahyn
]
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adjective
Botany
.
of or pertaining to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
Origin:
1750–60;
<
Latin
caul
(
is
) a stalk, stem +
-ine
1
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naked seed
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ovules which are unenclosed, forming on cones or stalks
ovules in flowering plants which are enclosed during pollination
sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis
ovules which are unenclosed, forming on cones or stalks
ovules in flowering plants which are enclosed during pollination
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cauline
(ˈkɔːlɪn, -laɪn)
—
adj
relating to or growing from a plant stem
[C18: from New Latin
caulīnus,
from Latin
caulis
stem]
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