Caul
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower intestines, called from its structure, reticuluim, a net, but more generally, the
omentum; also, a little membrane sometimes
encompassing the head of a child when born.
2. A kind of net in which females inclose their hair; the hinder part of a cap.
3. Any kind of net.
Caul
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
2. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great
omentum. See
Omentum.
3. A part of the
amnion, one of the membranes
enveloping the
fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.
In botany, having a stem different from that which produces the flower; as a caulescent plant.
Linne applies this term to the root also, as in
cabbage and
turnep.
Caulicle
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A short
caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a
radicle.
In botany, having a stem or
stalk.
1. An annual variety of
Brassica oleracea, or
cabbage, of which the
cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
2. The
edible head or "
curd" of a cauliflower plant.
Cauline
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
In botany, growing immediately on the stem, without the intervention of branches; as a cauline leaf,
bulb,
peduncle or
scape.
Caulis
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.