Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-CAU'LOUS
A-CAU'LOUS, a. [L. α. privative and caulis, Gr. καυλος, a stalk; W. kaul; D. kool, cabbage. See Colewort.]
In botany, without the stem called caulis; as the Carline thistle.
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