| NODAL | Pertaining to the joint of a stem, or the part from where a leaf emerges (5) |
| NODE | Joint of a stem, or the part from where a leaf or several leaves emerge (4) |
| ANODE | Sounds like a joint of a stem, but is in fact an electrode by which current enters a battery (5) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| ARTICULAR | Pertaining to the joints |
| THORN | Sharp, pointed woody extension of a stem or leaf (5) |
| CARVE | Deal with the joint of a five-acre plot (5) |
| TUBEROUS | Having fleshy, thickened underground parts of a stem or rhizome (8) |
| TWIST | A bend in a road; a swindle; a silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, roll of bread/tobacco, sliver of lemon zest or wineglass stem; or, a style of hip-gyrating dance (5) |
| TREAD | A footfall, step or tramp; one's gait; or, the part of a tyre or a shoe's sole that touches the ground (5) |
| TUBER | Underground type of stem or rhizome in the form of a potato, Jerusalem artichoke, cassava, taro or yam; or, the root of the dahlia (5) |
| FELON | Inflammation of the top joint of a finger (5) |
| TRACK | He's left the joint of meat for dog |
| HAULM | Stem or stalk of beans, peas or potatoes etc. (5) |
| AXIL | From Latin for "armpit", word for the angle between a leaf-stalk and a stem or a branch and a tree's trunk (4) |
| SPEAR | Asparagus stem; or, a pole weapon (5) |
| SPINE | Thorny spike on a plant's stem, or backbone (5) |
| KNUCKLE | A word for the rounded or knobbly part of a knee or elbow originally, later for a joint of a finger (7) |
| SPRIG | Stem or spray (5) |
| DEPARTMENT | Part of a region in France or the part of a government that produces red tape |
