flowerstem

English

Noun

flowerstem (plural flowerstems)

  1. Alternative form of flower stem
    • 1990, Greenaway, Theresa, Grasses and Grains, page 23
      The young flowerstem does not make any more new leaves or tillers. Instead, a little flowerhead develops at its tip and the stem grows longer and thinner.
    • 1977, Redgrove, Peter, From every chink of the ark : and other new poems, Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 242
      Dived through a flowerstem and was gone
    • 1937, Preece,w.h.a., North American Rock Plants, THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, page 36
      The large, alternate, pale green leaves are carried up the flowerstem which rises to a height of from 8 to 12 inches.
    • 1996, Heyen, William, Crazy Horse in stillness : poems, BOA Editions, page 28
      All day Curly stroked it with flowerstems, spoke to it, asked for its medicine, […]
    • 1991, Greenaway, Theresa, Mosses and liverworts, Heinemann, page 36
      They live in small bog pools with only the flowerstems above the water.
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