with the base dilated and clasping the stem, usually of leaves.
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clasping the stem
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enlarged and embracing or clasping the stem
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• (a.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
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Clasping the stem but not entirely encircling it.
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describing a sessile leaf that has its base completely surrounding the stem
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A leaf-base clasping or embracing the stem.
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<botany> Of a leaf base: stem-clasping. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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describing a sessile leaf that has its base completely surrounding the stem
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Am·plex'i·caul adjective [ Latin
amplexus , past participle of
amplecti to encircle, to embrace +
caulis stem: confer French
amplexicaule .]
(Botany) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
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enlarged and embracing or clasping the stem
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In botany, the term amplexicaul is said of a leaf that embraces and nearly surrounds the stem.
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amplexicaul 1. Clasping the stem, as the bases of certain leaves do. 2. In botany, surrounding or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.
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clasping the stem, as some leaves do at their base.
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