Etymology

caudiciform

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Today it means: Shaped like a caudex or stem. Full definition →

Latin caudex, caudicis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcaudex, caudicis“tree trunk, stump”
  2. English todaycaudiciform

From oblique stem of Latin caudex, caudicis (“tree trunk, stump”) + -iform.

Words from the same roots

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