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What is a caudex?

What is a caudex? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
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A resilient and rugged grower that is loved for its unusual caudex and bright, cheery flowers that adorn the plant in spring.
Its rising caudex, often creeping for several inches over bare rocks, suggests the habit of a tree fern.
Summary: Commonly known as Dehesa or San Diego Bear-grass, Nolina interrata is a large succulent with an underground stem that forms a woody caudex and produces many rosettes of long, flat leaves.
Narrowleaf four-o'clock is perennial from a deep woody taproot crowned with a branching structure called a caudex.
The caudex is basically a reservoir for the nutrients stored and not a tool for absorption.
Nubia has a shy foreign accent, Jonathan's father sounds old and wise, Caudex the servant sounds old and sleepy, and the grieving father is mad with woe.

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