stem vs caudex

stem and caudex both are nouns.

stem is a verb but caudex is not a verb.

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

As nouns, caudex is a hyponym of stem; that is, caudex is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stem:

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

Other hyponyms of stem include gynophore, carpophore, corn stalk, cornstalk, filament, funicle, funiculus, petiolule, cane, sporangiophore, cutting, slip, tuber, rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock, axis, beanstalk, cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade, stock, stipe, flower stalk, scape, leafstalk, petiole, bulb, corm, branch, culm, halm, haulm, bole, tree trunk, trunk.

stem (noun)	caudex (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	woody stem of palms and tree ferns
front part of a vessel or aircraft	persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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

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

Difference between stem and caudex

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