a. Bot. [f. A- pref. 14, not + CAULESCENT.] Apparently stemless, having a very short stem, or having the stem concealed in the ground.
1854. Balfour, Outl. Bot., 49. The stem is so short in some plants, as the Primrose, Cowslip … that they are called stemless or acaulescent.
1869. M. T. Masters, Veg. Teratol. Absolute suppression of the main axis is tantamount to the non-existence of the plant, so that the terms ‘acaulescent,’ ‘acaulosia,’ etc., must be considered relatively only.
