Meanings of thick-stemmed in English

The button became a mushroom, cap on top, thick-stemmed below.

He walked on to the northern end of the garden, where a few thick-stemmed pear trees were trained against the wall.

The cassava, or tapioca plant, reared its high, passion-flower leaves above the grass, and some sago-palms thrust aloft their thick-stemmed trunks.

The house was ablaze with candles-Bessiehad persuaded Isabelle to dispense with the electric light-andbunches of heavy, thick-stemmed roses filled the vases.

I had not forgotten the way I had escaped the previous day, and glancing round, I saw a thick-stemmed tree directly behind me.

With a smile he selected a thick-stemmed tree and, with the aid of willing and suddenly excited hands, lifted himself to the lower boughs.

With thick-stemmed greens, you get two vegetables for the price of one: the leaves cook up tender and silky, while the center ribs remain crunchy.

Flowers, purple and yellow, grew in abundance and thick-stemmed thistles with white spiked blossoms lined the dusty path, providing psychological relief from the precipitous drop.