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The stem of a plant, especially a woody one; also used to mean a rootstock, or particularly a basal stem structure or storage organ from which new growth arises. Compare lignotuber. caudiciform Stem-like or caudex-like; sometimes used to mean "pachycaul", meaning "thick-stemmed". caudicle diminutive of caudex.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
A more restrictive and technical definition requires that homonyms be simultaneously homographs and homophones [1] —that is, they have identical spelling and pronunciation but different meanings. Examples include the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left (past tense of leave) and left (opposite of ...
For a stalk of celery: Start by washing the entire bunch thoroughly under cool running water to remove any dirt or debris, paying special attention to the base and inner ribs. Trim away the root ...
stem attachment: A round leaf where the petiole attaches near the center, e.g. a lotus leaf perfoliate: perfoliatus: stem attachment: With the leaf blade surrounding the stem such that the stem appears to pass through the leaf perforate: perforatus: leaf surface features Many holes, or perforations, on leaf surface. Compare with fenestrate ...
Acutangular – a stem that has several longitudinally running ridges with sharp edges. Adventitious buds – a bud that arises at points on the plant other than at the stem apex or leaf axil. Alate – having wing-like structures, usually on the seeds or stems, as in Euonymus alata. Alternate – buds are staggered on opposite sides of the branch.
The word scape (Latin scapus, from Greek σκᾶπος), as used in botany, is fairly vague and arbitrary; various sources provide divergent definitions.Some older usages simply amount to a stem or stalk in general, [3] but modern formal usage tends to favour the likes of "A long flower stalk rising directly from the root or rhizome", [3] or "a long, naked, or nearly naked, peduncle, rising ...
In botany, sessility (meaning "sitting", in the sense of "resting on the surface") is a characteristic of plant organs such as flowers or leaves that have no stalk. [1] [2] Plant parts can also be described as subsessile, that is, not completely sessile. A sessile flower is one that lacks a pedicel (flower stalk).