Sentence examples for subterranean stem from inspiring English sources

… Despite the name, spring ginger — the immature rhizome, or subterranean stem, of Zingiber officinale — is a fall crop, imported from countries south of the Equator where the growing season is the opposite of ours.

Coarse roots density of adult palms was highest next to the subterranean stem and, consequently, palms might profit from increased water input compared to open area rainfall.

The extracts of A. dioica Stem bark, heartwood subterranean, stem bark subterranean and of leaves were assayed in vitro against HCT-8 (human colon carcinoma), SF-295 (glioblastoma) and MDA-MB-435 (melanome) tumor cell presented high cytotoxic activity, over 75% [ 6].

Among the subterranean stems are the rhizome, corm, and tuber (qq.v.).

The xylem of cycad seedlings and that of some subterranean stems (Stangeria, Zamia) is composed of scalariform tracheids; in older stems, the tracheids exhibit primitive, multiseriate, bordered pits.

The beastly types are brambles (rooting stems), buttercups (runners or stolons – stems that creep along the ground), ground elder and bindweed (rhizomes – subterranean stems), dock and dandelion (tap roots), mare's tail or Japanese knotweed (both rhizomes) and creeping thistles (spreading roots and seed).

Meanwhile, young palms funneled rainfall via their fronds directly to their subterranean stems.

We concluded that over-dense roots and subterranean stems of Spartina alterniflora impeded crabs excavating burrows extensively, both in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms ranging from 20 m tall subcanopy trees to small shrubs with subterranean stems growing in the forest understorey.

There are about 26 species in the genus (see below), ranging in size from understorey shrubs with subterranean stems to subcanopy trees as tall as 20 m.

Welwitschia has only two leaves, which are leathery, straplike organs that emanate from the middle of a massive, mainly subterranean woody stem.