Etymology

chylocaulous

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Today it means: Having fleshy / succulent stems Full definition →

German chylocaul ← Ancient Greek καυλός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαυλός“stem”
  2. German · derived fromchylocaul
  3. English todaychylocaulous

From German chylocaul (from chyl- + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”)) + English -ous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.