Caudex

·noun The stem of a tree., ·esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

caudex
caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda]. I The trunk of a tree , t...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Caudex
Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen : App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
caudex
caudex icis, m cf. cauda, a trunk of a tree, stock, stem : caudicibus sectis (in grafting), V.— Me...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary