flowerstem

plural flowerstems

1. alternativeAlternative form of flower stem

   Dived through a flowerstem and was gone

   1977, Redgrove, Peter, From every chink of the ark : and other new poems, Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 242

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   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.

   1990, Greenaway, Theresa, Grasses and Grains, page 23

   The large, alternate, pale green leaves are carried up the flowerstem which rises to a height of from 8 to 12 inches.

   1937, Preece,w.h.a., North American Rock Plants, THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, page 36

   All day Curly stroked it with flowerstems, spoke to it, asked for its medicine, […]

   1996, Heyen, William, Crazy Horse in stillness : poems, BOA Editions, page 28

   They live in small bog pools with only the flowerstems above the water.

   1991, Greenaway, Theresa, Mosses and liverworts, Heinemann, page 36