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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

am•plex•i•caul adj. [Bot.]

Botanyclasping the stem, as some leaves do at their base.

Neo-Latin amplexicaulis, equivalent. to Latin amplex(us) embrace (see amplexus) + -i- -i- + caulis stem (see cole)
1750–60

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