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ORIGINATE |
Stem (from) |
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TRUNK |
Luggage made from tree stem |
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LEAFSTALK |
Stem discussion flowing on from page direction |
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DICHOTOMOUS |
Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a
dichotomous stem. |
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SUBPEDUNCULATE |
Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem;
having a short peduncle. |
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LATERIFOLIOUS |
Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a
laterifolious flower. |
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NECK |
The point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from
the root. |
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SNAG |
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
to hew roughly. |
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TAIL |
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or
downward from the head; the stem. |
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THORN |
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem;
usually, a branch so transformed; a spine. |
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INTERNODE |
The space between two nodes or points of the stem from
which the leaves properly arise. |
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ROOTSTOCK |
A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or
flower stems from year to year; a rhizome. |
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TWO-RANKED |
Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the
stem so as to from two ranks; distichous. |
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SUPPLE-JACK |
A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia
Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. |
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DEFOLIATION |
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or
stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. |
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RADICANT |
Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the
stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy. |
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TRINODAL |
Having three knots or nodes; having three points from
which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem. |
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OFFSHOOT |
That which shoots off or separates from a main stem,
channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. |
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RAMIFICATION |
The process of branching, or the development of
branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement. |
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SCAPE |
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean
stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. |
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RAMLINE |
A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar,
or from stem to stern in building a vessel. |
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BRANCH |
A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or
from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant. |
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AXIL |
The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a
branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. |
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INDUVIAE |
Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also,
leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a
long time. |
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DEXTRORSE |
Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending
line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common
morning-glory. |