Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAUD'EX
CAUD'ATE, or CAUD'A-TEDCAU'DLE
CAUD'EX, n. [plur. Caudexes. L.]
In botany, the stem of a tree. Linnæus uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a seed, one part ascending and forming the body above ground, the other descending and putting forth roots. – Martyn. Darwin.
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