Contains

• bulb

  A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive...

• tuber

  A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.

• branch

  A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant.

• axis

  The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are...

• cane

  A strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane.

• receptacle

  Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts.

• slip

  A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through...

• trunk

  The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially...

• scape

  Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.

• petiole

  The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.

• corm

  Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive stru...

• carpophore

  A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel.

• cornstalk

  The stalk of a corn plant.

• node

  (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves...

• filament

  The stalk of a stamen.

• funiculus

  The stalk of a plant ovule or seed.

• petiolule

  The stalk of a leaflet.

• sporangiophore

  Stalk bearing one or more sporangia.

• rootstock

  A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive s...

• caudex

  Woody stem of palms and tree ferns.

• internode

  A segment of a stem between two nodes.

• cladode

  A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.

• beanstalk

  Stem of a bean plant.

• stock

  Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant.

• stipe

  Supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting...

• culm

  Stem of plants of the Gramineae.

• haulm

  Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and b...

• gynophore

  The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle.