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| cau·dex [ káw dèks ] (plural cau·di·ces [ káwdi sz ] or cau·dex·es) |
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1. stem: a trunk of a tree that bears leaves only at its apex, as in a palm or tree fern
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2. stem base: the swollen stem base of some nonwoody perennial plants that survives over the winter and from which new growth is produced
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| [Late 18th century. < Latin, "tree trunk," variant of codex "block of wood"] |
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