| EPICOTYL | Part of the stem of an embryo plant or seedling above the embryonic leaves (cotyledons) and below the terminal bud (8) |
| THORN | Sharp, hard part of the stem, root, leaf of a plant (5) |
| DICOT | Abbreviated term in botany for a plant whose embryo bears two seed leaves (cotyledons) (5) |
| SEED | Embryo plant |
| ARODOUT | "And there shall come forth ___ of the stem of Jesse"--Isaiah |
| AROD | "And there shall come forth ___ out of the stem of Jesse .. |
| PITH | The central soft sponge-like tissue of the stems of most flowering plants (4) |
| BARK | Protective layer on the outside of the stems of woody plants (4) |
| TREE | Actor-manager whose daughter Iris was an artists' muse; or, a type of woody plant whose embryonic leaves are called cotyledons (4) |
| SHANK | Stem of an anchor, spoon or key; or, a ring or loop on the back of a type of button without holes (5) |
| KECKSY | An old provincial word for a hollow stalk or stem of an umbelliferous plant, such as cow-parsley or hemlock (6) |
| OCREA | Sheathing part of a plant at the node of the stem (5) |
| FLORET | Diminutive bloom forming part of a composite flower; or, any one of the stems making up a head of broccoli or cauliflower (6) |
| STIPES | The stems of fern fronds, mosses, mushrooms or seaweed; or, eyestalks, horns or tentacles of crabs or snails (6) |
| ECTODERM | Outer layer of an embryo, which develops to form skin and nerves |
| HEART | The thick, edible stem of an agave plant (5) |
| PRICKLE | Collective noun for a group of porcupines; or, a sharp projection on the stem of some type of rose ( |
| CANKER | An open wound in the stem of a tree or shrub, caused by injury or parasites (6) |
| GRAFT | Join a shoot or bud of one plant to the stem of another (5) |
| LEAF | A folio of a book; a botanical structure known in its embryonic form as a cotyledon; or, gold in the form of foil, used in gilding (4) |
