Bot. [f. Gr. καυλός stem, after rhizome, Gr. ῥίζωμα (f. ῥιζό-ειν to strike root); see -OME. Also in Græco-Latin form cauloma.] The general name for the leaf-bearing axis of a plant; a stem or branch, or any member morphologically corresponding to these.
1875. Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., I. iii. 129. Applying a common name to all those parts which bear leaves; they may be termed Stem-structures (Caulomes) or simply Axes.
1883. G. Allen, in Nature, 492. A central axis or caulome.
Hence Caulomic a., belonging to a caulome.
1880. Nature, XXIII. 159. The bundles … belonging to the roots spring partly out of the caulomic vascular ring.
