noun
- Plural of caulicle; small stem-like structures or rudimentary stems, especially in botany and zoology.
Usage: technical; botanical/zoological term; rarely used in everyday English
Examples
- The botanist examined the caulicles of the seedling under the microscope.
- In some bryophytes, caulicles serve as anchoring structures.
- The caulicles of the organism were barely visible without magnification.