a. Bot. [f. mod.L. acaul-is (see prec.) + -OSE.] = ACAULESCENT.

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1686.  in Phil. Trans., XVI. 284. Capillary or Acaulose Herbs.

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1845.  Brande, Dict. Sc., s.v., Acaulose … a term used for those plants which have no stem.

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