Definition of "acaulescent" []

• Botany Stemless or apparently so. (adjective)

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• "For this reason the species is called acaulescent, indicating that it has no other stem than the subterranean rootstock."
• "Absolute suppression of the main axis is tantamount to the non-existence of the plant, so that the terms "acaulescent," "acaulosia," etc, must be considered relatively only, and must be taken to signify an atrophied or diminished size of the stem, arising from the non-development of the internodes."
• "In Holland the acaulescent primrose is quite a common plant, filling the woods in the spring with thousands of clusters of bright yellow flowers."