amplexicaul


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amplexicaul

(of plants) clasping the stem. For example, the bracts of the henbit, Lamium amplexicaule, are amplexicaul.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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