acaulescent

• Terme botanique décrivant une plante qui n'a pas de tige visible ou dont la tige est très courte, les feuilles poussant directement à partir de la racine.

A botanical term describing a plant that has no visible stem or a very short stem, with leaves appearing to grow directly from the root.

1. Stemless plantC2formal

   Describes a plant that appears to have no visible stem above the ground, with leaves and flowers emerging directly from the root level.

   Acaule

   • The dandelion is an acaulescent plant, with its leaves growing in a rosette at the base.
   • Many acaulescent species thrive in alpine environments where a stem would be vulnerable.
   • The botanist identified the specimen as acaulescent due to the lack of an above-ground stem.

   Synonymesstemless

   Antonymescaulescentstemmed