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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Pref.

not +

cauline

(Bot.)

Same as

Adj.

[L. a priv. and caulis, Gr. a stalk. See ACAU'LOUS, Colewort.]

In botany, without a stem, having flowers resting on the ground; as the Carline thistle.

acauline ‎(comparative more acauline, superlative most acauline)