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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| amplexicaul |
| SYLLABICATION: | am·plex·i·caul |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-pl k s -kôl |
| ADJECTIVE: | Clasping the stem, as the bases of certain leaves do. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Latin amplexus, an embracing; see amplexus + Latin caulis, stem. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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