caudex vs stem

caudex and stem both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caudex	Yes	No	No	No
stem	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stem is a hypernym of caudex; that is, stem is a word with a broader meaning than caudex:

caudex: woody stem of palms and tree ferns
stem: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Other hypernyms of caudex include stalk.

As nouns, stem is a hypernym of caudex; that is, stem is a word with a broader meaning than caudex:

caudex: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
stem: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Other hypernyms of caudex include stalk.

caudex (noun)	stem (noun)
woody stem of palms and tree ferns	a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant	front part of a vessel or aircraft
	the tube of a tobacco pipe
	cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
	(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
	a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

caudex (verb)	stem (verb)
	stop the flow of a liquid
	remove the stem from
	grow out of, have roots in, originate in
	cause to point inward