auxocaulous
English edit
Etymology edit
auxo- (“growth”) + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”) + -ous.
Adjective edit
auxocaulous (not comparable)
- (phycology) Exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.
- Antonym: leptocaulous