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  2. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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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". caulescent possessing a well-developed stem above ground, similar ...

  3. Glossary of plant morphology - Wikipedia

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    Tendril – a thigmotropic organ which attaches a climbing plant to a support, a portion of a stem or leaf modified to serve as a holdfast for other objects. Terminal – at the end of a stalk or stem. Terminal scale bud scar – Thorn – Tiller – a shoot of a grass plant. Tuber – an enlarged stem or root that stores nutrients. Turgid ...

  4. Plant stem - Wikipedia

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    Plant stem. This above-ground stem of Polygonum has lost its leaves, but is producing adventitious roots from the nodes. A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and ...

  5. Corm - Wikipedia

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    Corm. Corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation). The word cormous usually means plants that grow from corms, parallel to the terms tuberous and bulbous to ...

  6. Leaf - Wikipedia

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    A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, [1] usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", [2][3] while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. [4]

  7. Vine - Wikipedia

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    Vine. A vine (from Latin vīnea ' grapevine, vineyard '; from vīnum 'wine') is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners. The word vine can also refer to such stems or runners themselves, for instance, when used in wicker work. [1][2]