Usually means: Leaves clasping the stem base.
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  1. amplexicaul: Merriam-Webster
  2. amplexicaul: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amplexicaul: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. amplexicaul: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. amplexicaul: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  14. amplexicaul: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  17. amplexicaul: Merriam-Webster

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  3. Amplexicaul: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (amplexicaul)

▸ adjective:  (botany, of leaves) Having lobes (usually auriculate) that completely surround the stem.

Similar:
semiamplexicaul, lyrate, leptocaulous, perfoliate, roundleaf, pericladial, auriculiform, amphigenous, sublanceolate, effigurate, more...

Opposite:
non-amplexicaul, excurrent, decurrent

Types:
clasping, perfoliate, auriculate, cordate, peltate, reniform, orbicular, obovate, more...

Phrases:
amplexicaul leaf, more...

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Similar:
semiamplexicaul, lyrate, leptocaulous, perfoliate, roundleaf, pericladial, auriculiform, amphigenous, sublanceolate, effigurate, more...

Opposite:
non-amplexicaul, excurrent, decurrent

Types:
clasping, perfoliate, auriculate, cordate, peltate, reniform, orbicular, obovate, more...

Phrases:
amplexicaul leaf, more...



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