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noun
Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
plural of cauli
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.
Across languages
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