cauliflory

English

Noun

cauliflory (uncountable)

1. The quality of being cauliflorous.
   • 1990, Shirley Ann Owens, The Development of Cauliflory in Cercis Canadensis (Fabaceae):

     Stebbins (1974) reported that cauliflory is present in species belonging to most of the larger tropical families and that these species, derived from ancestors living in a more open environment, secondarily entered the rain forest.