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- December 12 2022
- Plant stem
Plant stem
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Plant stem' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Plant stem crossword clue was last seen on December 12 2022 in the popular Universal Crossword.
Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | STALK | Plant stem | Universal |
20% | XYLEM | Tissue in a plant stem | New York Times |
20% | NODE | Plant stem joint | LA Times |
Definition
• | The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. |
• | The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant. |
• | That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. |
• | An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. |
• | One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. |
• | A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. |
• | The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. |
• | The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. |
• | An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. |
• | To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. |
• | To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover. |
• | To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step. |
• | To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game. |
• | A high, proud, stately step or walk. |
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