caudex

Etymology
From ; compare.

Noun

 * 1)  An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.

Translations

 * Hungarian:

Etymology
. Most likely to be connected to, both deriving from the same dental extension of , , and so originally meant “that which has been cleaved off”. See also. Another possibility is a relation to, if this is an l-stem derivative of the same ultimate root, perhaps (whence ) if both words originally meant “hollow stem”.

An older idea connected it to, based on the observation that similar words meaning “boat” and “tree” are often related in Indo-European languages, as many Indo-European peoples used hollowed out trees as boats and skiffs.

Noun

 * 1) tree trunk, stump
 * 2) bollard; post
 * 3) book, writing; notebook, account book
 * 4)  blockhead, idiot

Descendants
See also.