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ac⋅au⋅les⋅cent

   [ak-aw-les-uhnt, ey-kaw-]
–adjective Botany.
not caulescent; stemless; without visible stem.
Also, a⋅cau⋅line  [ey-kaw-lin, -lahyn] ,
a⋅cau⋅lose  [ey-kaw-lohs] ,
a⋅cau⋅lous  [ey-kaw-luhs] .

Origin:
1850–55; a- 6 + caulescent
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a·cau·les·cent     (ā'kô-lěs'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Botany
Stemless or apparently so.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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acaulescent

adjective
(of plants) having no apparent stem above ground [ant: caulescent] 

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Acaulescent

Ac`au*les"cent\, a. [Pref. a- not + caulescent.] (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. --Gray.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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