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A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.

A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

See Cauliflower.

A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower. Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. R. Thompson. Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. F. Burr.

A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [Obs.] I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl.

s in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.

A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).

A caul. See Caul, n., 3. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).

That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). -- Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See Padd…