Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acaulescent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acaulescent \Ac`au*les"cent\, a. [Pref. a- not + caulescent.]
(Bot.)
Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed
in the ground. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acaulescent
adj : (botany) having no apparent stem above ground [syn: {stemless}]
[ant: {caulescent}]
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