English > stem: 10 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
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| Synonym | stalk |
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| Parts | internode | A segment of a stem between two nodes |
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| node, leaf node | (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge |
| receptacle | enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts |
| Narrower | axis | The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged |
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| beanstalk | stem of a bean plant |
| branch | A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant |
| bulb | A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
| cane | A strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar ... / sugar cane |
| carpophore | A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel |
| caudex | woody stem of palms and tree ferns |
| cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade | A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf |
| corm | Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure |
| cornstalk, corn stalk | The stalk of a corn plant |
| culm | stem of plants of the Gramineae |
| cutting, slip | A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
| filament | The stalk of a stamen |
| funicle, funiculus | The stalk of a plant ovule or seed |
| gynophore | The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle |
| haulm, halm | stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding |
| petiole, leafstalk | The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf |
| petiolule | The stalk of a leaflet |
| rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk | A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure |
| scape, flower stalk | Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip |
| sporangiophore | stalk bearing one or more sporangia |
| stipe | supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap |
| stock, caudex | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant |
| trunk, tree trunk, bole | The main stem of a tree |
| tuber | A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage |
| Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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| Spanish | tallo |
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| Catalan | canya, tija |
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