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What is a caulis?

What is a caulis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
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The word cawl in Welsh is first recorded in the 14th century, and is thought to come from the Latin caulis, meaning the stalk of a plant, a cabbage stalk or a cabbage.
Liming the soil helps but you'll probably find you have to grow your cabbages, caulis and sprouts in another area.
In the middle ages the general literary term throughout Europe was coles from caulis, a stalk, and virga, a rod.
Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.
This can also be sown now to provide a late autumn catch crop of caulis.
In only its first season, the St Asaph Allotment Association found itself winning plaudits for the standard of its spuds, caulis and carrots.

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