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Definition of caudex

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Definition as written by Sugar_fl:

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

The trunk of a palm or tree fern.

Definition as written by Joan:

The trunk or woody axis of a tree, or the woody base of a perennial plant

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