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amplexicaul

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am⋅plex⋅i⋅caul

  [am-plek-si-kawl]
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–adjective Botany.
clasping the stem, as some leaves do at their base.
Origin:
1750–60; < NL amplexicaulis, equiv. to L amplex(us) embrace (see amplexus ) + -i- -i- + caulis stem (see cole )
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am·plex·i·caul   (ām-plěk'sĭ-kôl')   
adj.  Clasping the stem, as the bases of certain leaves do.

[Latin amplexus, an embracing; see amplexus + Latin caulis, stem.]
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