A small stem or tiny stalk, the singular form of cauliculi used in botanical Latin descriptions.
Direct Latin term meaning 'little stem', from 'caulis' (stem) with diminutive suffix '-culus'. Standard botanical terminology for embryonic or rudimentary stem structures.
Cauliculus is the kind of word that shows how Latin survives in science—by giving it a formal, precise meaning so specialized that modern languages need it to describe plant parts accurately.
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