Caudex

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1. Noun

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

2. Noun

woody stem of palms and tree ferns
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3. Noun

persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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