One of 2 main structural axes of a vascular plant (together with the root), that supports leaves, flowers and fruits, transports fluids between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, stores nutrients and produces new living tissue.
See more 1 I thrilled to the sound of crickets, the collective pulse of mortal vein and plant stem .
2 The ingredients consist of a blend of vitamin c, lilac plant stem cells and jojoba-coated mineral pigments.
3 Binnesman reached into the pocket of his robe, pulled out a bit of dark dried plant stem .
4 The plant stem plays a central role in transferring and distributing minerals, water and other solutes throughout the plant .
5 Taking the weight of dry oak wood at 3500 pounds per cord, the plant stem fuel, for equal weight, was selling at $2.28 to $5.00.
6 The native Chinese split and scrape the plant stems , steeping them in water.
7 All bast fibers are obtained near the outer surface of the plant stems .
8 Vegetables derived from plant stems and stalks often present a particular challenge to the cook.
9 Projects like the IGCC plants stem from this move, but so do more controversial ones.
10 Peat is a mass of plant stems , roots, and moss, partly decayed and pressed together.
11 They were so delicate, their legs and arms like plant stems , their skulls unbelievably tiny.
12 Blades of grass, plant stems , fell before the molecule machines and were reduced to their components.
13 'Ants and grubs and a particular plant stem all pulped together.'
14 The rows of jars and plant stems were gone, as were the large sheets of paper and drawing supplies.
15 She showed them how to jam flute plant stems in cracks as big, ersatz pitons and they scaled the thing in a couple of hours.
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