[L. dim. of caulis stem.] in Bot. = CAULICLE, CAULICULE; in Archit. = CAULICOLE.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 116. Embryo very large with a long 2-edged cauliculus, having two small cotyledons at the top.
1879. Sir G. Scott, Lect. Archit., I. 84. Points of resemblance to the Corinthian capital, as the cauliculi.