stem Flashcards

1
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Stemless

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Acaulescent

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2
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Stem which remains above the ground

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Aerial

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3
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Angles in transverse section

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Angular

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4
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Woody and treelike

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Arborescent

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5
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Incline upward

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Ascending

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6
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Stem with many branches

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Branched

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7
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Young small bulb developed from the base of large bulb

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Bulbel

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8
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Erect stem covered by fleshy leaves

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Bulb

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9
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Developed on the above ground parts

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Bulbil

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10
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A branch of single intercode becomes flat or leaf like

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Cladode

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11
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Small embryonic stem tip bearing leaves or flowers

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Bud

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12
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Overwintering base of a perennial herb

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Caudex

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12
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Short, much branched, cushion like plant

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Cespitose

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14
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Possesing a distinct stem

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Caulescent

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15
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A leadflike, flattened green stem

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Cladophyll

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16
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Erect with a strong trunk

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Columnar

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17
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Usually surrounded by membranous scales

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Corm

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18
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Young small corm developing at the base of parent corm

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Cormel

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19
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Trailing stem having roots throughout its length

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Creeping

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20
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Stem of sedges and grasses

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Culm

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21
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Circular outlined in transverse section

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Cylindrical

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22
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Bending in one direction

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Decumbent

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23
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Stem Dividing equally into two

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Dichotomous

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24
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Stem spreading in all directions

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Diffuse

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25
With unbranched stems
Eramous
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Growing upright
Eramous
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Erect and parallel
Fastigiate
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Stem hollow from inner side
Fistular
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Woody and shrublike
Fruticose
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ZiGzag stem
Geniculate
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Shining and smooth
Glaucose
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Covered with hairs
Hairy
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Dying to the ground at the end of the growing season
Herbaceous
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Stem between two nodes
Internode
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Contaning latex
Lenticel
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Area of the stem from which arises branches, leaves, or a leaf
Node
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Creeping stem bearing a tuft of leaves above
Off set
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Frequently succulent stems
Pachycauly
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Succulent stems with leaves
Phylloclade
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Pointed extension of epidermis or cortex
Prickle
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The first year
Primocane
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Parallel on the ground
Procumbent or prostate
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Winged stem
Pterocaulous
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Covered with fine silky hairs
Pubescent
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Branched stem
Ramose
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Creeping stem
Repent
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Underground stem bearing scale like leaves
Rhizome
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Any underground portion of a plant
Rootstock
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Usually rooting and producing plants at the nodes
Runner
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Fleshy stems
Sarcocauly
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Climbing stem
scandent
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A leafless flowering stem arises from an underground stem
Scape
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Possessing a scape
Scapose
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Remains of a point of attachment of a leaf
Scars
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Hard, woody sterns
Sclerocauly
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Pointed outgrowth
Spine
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Horizontal stem rooting at the nodes
Stolon
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Bearing stolons
Stoloniferous
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Underground
Subterranean
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Usually fast growing and adventitious
Sucker
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Woody at the base
Suffrutescent
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Prostate stem with parts oriented upward
Supine
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Long, twisting appendage adapted for climbing
Tendril
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A sharp, pointed, reduced branch
Thorn
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A grass shoot developed from the base of the stem
Tiller
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Stem sprawling on the ground with the help of adventitious roots
Trailing
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Enlarged fleshy up of an underground stem
Tuber
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An overwhelming bud
Turion
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A short lateral branch of a woody stem
Twig
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Long, straight, slender, or stick like
Virgate
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Hard in texture and possesing secondary xylem
Woody
72
Coiling or the support without any special device
Twinner