Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no stem; having the stem so little developed as to appear to be wanting; acaulescent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having no stem

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Lacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not having a stem
  • adjective (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground

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