Cau'li-cōle or Cau-lie'ū-lus, n. pl.

n. pl. [Lat. cauliculus, little stalk, dim. of caulis.] (Arch.) One of the small volutes under the flowers on the sides of the abacus in the Corinthian capital, representing the curled tops of the acanthus stalk. Oxf. Gloss.