auxocaulous

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adjective

Exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.

Opposite
leptocaulous
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Meanings

adjectiveauxocaulous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyExhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.

    Antonyms: leptocaulous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.

Opposite
leptocaulous

Origin

From auxo- (“growth”) + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”) + -ous.

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APA

auxocaulous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxocaulous

MLA

“auxocaulous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxocaulous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auxocaulous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxocaulous.

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