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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
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With unbranched stems

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Eramous

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26
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Growing upright

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Eramous

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27
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Erect and parallel

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Fastigiate

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28
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Stem hollow from inner side

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Fistular

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29
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Woody and shrublike

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Fruticose

30
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ZiGzag stem

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Geniculate

31
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Shining and smooth

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Glaucose

32
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Covered with hairs

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Hairy

33
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Dying to the ground at the end of the growing season

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Herbaceous

34
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Stem between two nodes

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Internode

35
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Contaning latex

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Lenticel

36
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Area of the stem from which arises branches, leaves, or a leaf

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Node

37
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Creeping stem bearing a tuft of leaves above

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Off set

38
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Frequently succulent stems

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Pachycauly

39
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Succulent stems with leaves

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Phylloclade

40
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Pointed extension of epidermis or cortex

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Prickle

41
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The first year

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Primocane

42
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Parallel on the ground

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Procumbent or prostate

43
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Winged stem

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Pterocaulous

44
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Covered with fine silky hairs

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Pubescent

45
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Branched stem

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Ramose

46
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Creeping stem

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Repent

47
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Underground stem bearing scale like leaves

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Rhizome

48
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Any underground portion of a plant

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Rootstock

49
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Usually rooting and producing plants at the nodes

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Runner

50
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Fleshy stems

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Sarcocauly

51
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Climbing stem

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scandent

52
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A leafless flowering stem arises from an underground stem

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Scape

53
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Possessing a scape

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Scapose

54
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Remains of a point of attachment of a leaf

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Scars

55
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Hard, woody sterns

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Sclerocauly

56
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Pointed outgrowth

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Spine

57
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Horizontal stem rooting at the nodes

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Stolon

58
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Bearing stolons

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Stoloniferous

59
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Underground

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Subterranean

60
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Usually fast growing and adventitious

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Sucker

61
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Woody at the base

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Suffrutescent

62
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Prostate stem with parts oriented upward

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Supine

63
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Long, twisting appendage adapted for climbing

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Tendril

64
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A sharp, pointed, reduced branch

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Thorn

65
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A grass shoot developed from the base of the stem

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Tiller

66
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Stem sprawling on the ground with the help of adventitious roots

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Trailing

67
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Enlarged fleshy up of an underground stem

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Tuber

68
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An overwhelming bud

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Turion

69
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A short lateral branch of a woody stem

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Twig

70
Q

Long, straight, slender, or stick like

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Virgate

71
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Hard in texture and possesing secondary xylem

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Woody

72
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Coiling or the support without any special device

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Twinner

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