挺てい幹かんMeanings1nouncaudexbiologyBotanical term for the persistent, often woody base of a perennial plant, from which new growth arises annually.この植しょく物ぶつの挺てい幹かんは、毎まい年とし新あたらしい茎くきを出だす。The caudex of this plant sends out new stems every year.