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Definitions for cauline
ˈkɔ lɪn, -laɪncauline

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. caulescent, cauline, stemmedadjective

    (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground

  2. caulineadjective

    especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem

    "cauline leaves"

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  1. caulineadjective

    Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

Wikipedia

  1. cauline

    A leaf is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. In most leaves, the primary photosynthetic tissue is the palisade mesophyll and is located on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf but in some species, including the mature foliage of Eucalyptus, palisade mesophyll is present on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. Most leaves are flattened and have distinct upper (adaxial) and lower (abaxial) surfaces that differ in color, hairiness, the number of stomata (pores that intake and output gases), the amount and structure of epicuticular wax and other features. Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorophyll that is essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs light energy from the sun. A leaf with lighter-colored or white patches or edges is called a variegated leaf. Leaves can have many different shapes, sizes, textures and colors. The broad, flat leaves with complex venation of flowering plants are known as megaphylls and the species that bear them, the majority, as broad-leaved or megaphyllous plants, which also includes acrogymnosperms and ferns. In the lycopods, with different evolutionary origins, the leaves are simple (with only a single vein) and are known as microphylls. Some leaves, such as bulb scales, are not above ground. In many aquatic species, the leaves are submerged in water. Succulent plants often have thick juicy leaves, but some leaves are without major photosynthetic function and may be dead at maturity, as in some cataphylls and spines. Furthermore, several kinds of leaf-like structures found in vascular plants are not totally homologous with them. Examples include flattened plant stems called phylloclades and cladodes, and flattened leaf stems called phyllodes which differ from leaves both in their structure and origin. Some structures of non-vascular plants look and function much like leaves. Examples include the phyllids of mosses and liverworts.

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  1. cauline

    Cauline refers to something pertaining to, located on, or growing from the stem of a plant. It is typically used in the context of botany to describe leaves or other attributes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Caulineadjective

    growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cauline in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cauline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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