Shrubs are those plants which have woody stems and branches.

Each spring prune the heavier, woody stems from the plants.

Snap any woody stems off the asparagus spears before coating them in the olive oil.

Bob broke off one of the tough, woody stems.

They have woody stems or trunks, and branches.

One last difficulty with poor quality grass hay: the tough, woody stems are reluctant to absorb moisture.

They cleared woody stems out of a small pocket, then removed the pack baskets from the horses.

Rye makes poor hay on account of its woody stems and must be cut earlier than other grains.

Horses and riders passed easily beneath their drooping leaves, and sometimes the spurs would clash against the woody stems.

But the wall was covered with a network of vines; some had woody stems as thick as his wrist.

It has a perennial root, producing biennial woody stems that reach a height of from three to six feet.

The monkeys only eat fresh shoots and leaves, not the thick woody stems of bamboo that I am made of.

That was foolishness, too; the fern forest was a limitless supply of woody stems for frames, fronds for ceilings and walls.

Its highest outcome was like the blossoms before him which had developed from a rank soil, dark roots, and prosaic woody stems.

The bushes eight or ten feet high have woody stems, and the people make strong striped black and white shawls of the cotton.

Based on a pattern of intertwining woody stems, curling leaves and fluted flowers, the design hovers somewhere between botanical literalism and stylised motif.