stemborne

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adjective

Sprouting from or carried by the stem of a plant.

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Meanings

adjectivestemborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareSprouting from or carried by the stem of a plant.

    Perennial herbs 3-10 dm high, with creeping underground stems; mostly basal leaves are compound and few reduced stemborne leaves; flowers single or clustered, yellow, pink, purple or white.

    1990 October 1, Ron Dawson, Nature Bound Pocket Field Guide, page 160
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    Dorn (61) studied the development and origin of stemborne roots on uninjured internodes, as well as ordinary cuttings treated with indoleacetic paste, and found no appreciable difference so far as origin and development of roots were concerned.

    1940, Charles F. Swingle, “Regeneration and Vegetative Propagation”, in The Botanical Review, volume 6, number 7, page 315

    Stemborne or surface diseases — these abbreviate the vase life, but prompt refrigeration, control of the relative humidity, stem-shortening, and preservative solutions in a fresh container should maximize resistance.

    1994, Charles J. Arntzen, Ellen M. Ritter, Encyclopedia of Agriculture, page 413

Origin

From stem + -borne.

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