#stalk__stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
supertype: plant_organ__plantorgan a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
part: receptacle.plant_part
subtype: filament.stalk the stalk of a stamen
subtype: funicle__funiculus__funiculu the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
subtype: cane.stalk a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
subtype: sugarcane__sugar_cane__sugarcane juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
subtype: rattan_cane__rattan the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
subtype: malacca stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
subtype: sporangiophore stalk bearing one or more sporangia
subtype: cutting.stalk__slip a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
subtype: quickset cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines: "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard"
subtype: tuber a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
subtype: water_chestnut__waterchestnut edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
subtype: potato_bean__groundnut__wild_bean nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
subtype: Jerusalem_artichoke edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke
subtype: yam.tuber edible tuber of any of several yams
subtype: sweet_potato.tuber__sweetpotato the fleshy root of the sweet potato vine
subtype: rhizome__rootstock a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
subtype: axis.stalk the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
subtype: rachis axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
subtype: spadix the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
subtype: caudex woody stem of palms and tree ferns
subtype: beanstalk stem of a bean plant
subtype: cladode__cladophyll__phylloclad__phylloclade a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
subtype: stock.stalk__caudex persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
subtype: stipe supporting stalk or stemlike structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
subtype: scape__flowerstalk erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
subtype: peduncle.scape stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
subtype: pedicel__pedicle a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
subtype: ray.pedicel a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
subtype: petiole__leafstalk the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
subtype: phyllode an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
subtype: bulb a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
subtype: onion.bulb edible bulb of an onion plant
subtype: shallot.bulb aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion
subtype: squill bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
subtype: bulbil__bulblet small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
subtype: corm solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
subtype: branch a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
subtype: tree_branch__limb any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
subtype: stick.tree_branch a small thin branch of a tree
subtype: bough any of the larger branches of a tree
subtype: branchlet__twig__sprig small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
subtype: brier a thorny stem or twig
subtype: withy__withe strong flexible twig
subtype: osier.withy flexible twig of a willow tree
subtype: culm stem of plants of the Gramineae
subtype: haulm__halm stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
subtype: tree_trunk__trunk__bole the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
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