| has gloss | (noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
stem, stalk |
| lexicalization | eng: stalk |
| lexicalization | eng: stem |
| subclass of | (noun) a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
plant organ |
| has subclass | (noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle
gynophore |
| has subclass | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel
carpophore |
| has subclass | (noun) the stalk of a corn plant
corn stalk, cornstalk |
| has subclass | (noun) the stalk of a stamen
filament |
| has subclass | (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
funiculus, funicle |
| has subclass | (noun) the stalk of a leaflet
petiolule |
| has subclass | (noun) a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
cane |
| has subclass | (noun) stalk bearing one or more sporangia
sporangiophore |
| has subclass | (noun) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
slip, cutting |
| has subclass | (noun) a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
tuber |
| has subclass | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
rootstock, rhizome, rootstalk |
| has subclass | (noun) the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
axis |
| has subclass | (noun) woody stem of palms and tree ferns
caudex |
| has subclass | (noun) stem of a bean plant
beanstalk |
| has subclass | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
phylloclade, phylloclad, cladode, cladophyll |
| has subclass | (noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
caudex, stock |
| has subclass | (noun) supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
stipe |
| has subclass | (noun) erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
flower stalk, scape |
| has subclass | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
petiole, leafstalk |
| has subclass | (noun) a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
bulb |
| has subclass | (noun) solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
corm |
| has subclass | (noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
branch |
| has subclass | (noun) stem of plants of the Gramineae
culm |
| has subclass | (noun) stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
halm, haulm |
| has subclass | (noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
tree trunk, trunk, bole |