auxocaulous

English

Etymology

From auxo- (“growth”) +‎ Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

auxocaulous (not comparable)

1. (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