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cau⋅dex

  [kaw-deks]
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–noun, plural -di⋅ces  [-duh-seez] , -dex⋅es. Botany.
1. the main stem of a tree, esp. a palm or tree fern.
2. the woody or thickened persistent base of an herbaceous perennial.
Origin:
1820–30; < L: tree trunk; cf. codex
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cau·dex   (kô'děks')   
n.   pl. cau·di·ces (-dĭ-sēz') or cau·dex·es

  1. The thickened, usually underground base of the stem of many perennial herbaceous plants, from which new leaves and flowering stems arise.

  2. The trunk of a palm or tree fern.


[Latin caudex, tree trunk.]
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caudex   (kô'děks')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The thickened, usually underground base of the stem of many perennial herbaceous plants, from which new leaves and flowering stems arise.

  2. The trunk of a palm or tree fern.


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