AMPLEX'ICAUL, adjective [Latin amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a stem.]
In botany, surrounding or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.