acaulescent

1. 1.

   (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground

   Synonymsstemless

   Antonymscaulescent

   botany

Questions about acaulescent

What does acaulescent mean?

acaulescent means "(of plants) having no apparent stem above ground".

How many syllables are in acaulescent?

acaulescent has 4 syllables: a-cau-le-scent. The stress falls on "cau".

What is another word for acaulescent?

Close synonyms include stemless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of acaulescent?

The recorded antonyms are caulescent.

Is acaulescent a common word?

acaulescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.