Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Plants which have either a very indistinct stalk or none at all, as lichens, fungi, algæ, etc.
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= -- When the main stem is arrested in its growth, the habit and general appearance of the plant are materially altered, as in the so-called stemless plants, _plantæ acaules_.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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