Associations to the word «Caudex»

Wiktionary

CAUDEX, noun. (botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.

Dictionary definition

CAUDEX, noun. Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant.
CAUDEX, noun. Woody stem of palms and tree ferns.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King