caulo-, cauli-, caul-

With no stem or with a stem that is very short: Olivia's favorite acaulescent plant is a popular thick-leaved houseplant that is native to South Africa and Asia which is called a "jade plant" because it has short, stemless leaves.

A short caulis or stem; especially, the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; otherwise called a radicle.

1. The production of flowers and fruits on the older branches or trunks of woody plants, such as the redbud, and many mostly tropical plants, including cacao.
2. Referring to flowers that grow on the main stems of tree limbs or the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc., of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs.

Of or belonging to the stem.