cauline

Other forms of cauline

comparative

cauliner·

superlative

caulinest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cauline

What does cauline mean?

cauline means "(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cauline?

cauline has 2 syllables: cau-line. The stress falls on "cau".

What is another word for cauline?

Close synonyms include caulescent, 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 cauline?

The recorded antonyms are radical.

Is cauline a common word?

cauline is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.