caulescent

Questions about caulescent

What does caulescent mean?

caulescent means "(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground".

How many syllables are in caulescent?

caulescent has 3 syllables: cau-le-scent. The stress falls on "cau".

What is another word for caulescent?

Close synonyms include cauline, stemmed. 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 caulescent?

The recorded antonyms are acaulescent.

Is caulescent a common word?

caulescent 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.