AMPLEXICAUL

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

adj. A?m-ple?x’i?ka‘l. Lat., amplexicaul is (from amplexus, an embrace, and caulis, a stem). Fr., amp lexica ule. Ger., stengelumfa end. It. ample icaulo. In botany, embracing the stem (said of a leaf when it surrounds the stem with its base). [B.]