caudex

caudex has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.
• n.. woody stem of palms and tree ferns
• n.. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant