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AMPLEXICAUL

Definition: AMPLEXICAUL

AMPLEXICAUL

Adjective

1. Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Amplexicaul \Am*plex"i*caul\, adjective. [Latin expression amplexus, past participle of amplecti to encircle, to embrace caulis stem: compare to the French expression amplexicaule.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: AMPLEXICAUL

English words defined with "AMPLEXICAUL": amplexicaul leafSemiamplexicaul, Stem-clasping. (references)

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Image Slideshow: AMPLEXICAUL

Illustrations:
AMPLEXICAUL

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Expression: AMPLEXICAUL

Expression using "AMPLEXICAUL": amplexicaul leaf. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: AMPLEXICAUL

Language Translations for "AMPLEXICAUL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stængelomfattende. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stengelomvattend. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sepivä. (various references)

   

French

  

amplexicaule, embrassant. (various references)

   

German

  

stengelumfassend. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

περίβλαστο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

amplessicaule, abbracciante. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amplexicaulay

   

Portuguese

  

amplexicaule. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

amplexicaule. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stjälkomfattande. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: AMPLEXICAUL

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

amplexicaulis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Rhyming with "AMPLEXICAUL"

Words rhyming with "AMPLEXICAUL" (pronounced 'Am*plex"i*caul'): Caul, Nudicaul, Semiamplexicaul. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AMPLEXICAUL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-m-p-u-x"

-3 letters: ampullae, camellia, maxillae.

-4 letters: ampulla, axillae, camelia, exclaim, lexical, maculae, maxilla, micella, pallium, peculia.

-5 letters: aculei, aecial, aecium, alexia, allium, almuce, alulae, ampule, apical, axilla, calami, camail, climax, culpae, epical, illume, impala, impale, laical, lamiae, lexica, macula, macule, malice, mallei, micell, paella, palace, paleal, pallia, pileum, pilule, plaice, plexal, plicae, plical, pumice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AMPLEXICAUL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4D 50 4C 45 58 49 43 41 55 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01010000 01001100 01000101 01011000 01001001 01000011 01000001 01010101 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#80 &#76 &#69 &#88 &#73 &#67 &#65 &#85 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0050 004C 0045 0058 0049 0043 0041 0055 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3547504639584337355546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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