| GINGER | The underground stem of the plant Zingiber officinale |
| COCOYAM | The underground stem of the taro or the yantia food plants. (7) |
| ANGELICA | The candied stems of the plant also called archangel which are used in cake decoration (8) |
| TUBER | Fleshy underground stem of the potato (5) |
| RHIZOME | Underground stem of lily of the valley, or the rootstock of ginger/turmeric (7) |
| CORM | Bulbous underground stem of plants such as the crocus (4) |
| ROOT | Underground stem of various plants, eaten as a vegetable (4) |
| RHIZOMES | Thick horizontal underground stems of plants such as the iris (8) |
| SCAPE | The cry of a snipe when flushed; the snipe itself; an old word for a getaway, slip or transgression; a suffix indicating a scene, as in land, moon or sea; or, the leafless flower stem of the amaryllis |
| CORMS | Bulbous underground stems of eg crocosmias (5) |
| CULM | Stem or stalk, especially the jointed stem of the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (4) |
| BIND | A stem of the hop plant; a tie in music; the clay between layers of coal; or, a statutory constraint (4) |
| DAISYCHAIN | String of wild flowers threaded through the stem of the next |
| TURMERIC | The powdered stem of the tropical plant Curcuma longa |
| ARROW | Item carried in a quiver; or, a stem of the sugar cane plant that bears a tassel of flowers (5) |
| CANE | The long, hollow, flexible stem of the bamboo (4) |
| GINGERS | Plants of the hedychium and zingiber genera may be referred to as these (7) |
| PAPER | What is the stem of the cheaper environment-friendly ear bud made from at Spargs Superspar? (5) |
| BINE | Stem of the hop |
| MALACCA | Stem of the rattan palm traditionally used to make umbrella handles (7) |
