STEM    植物莖莖

IMPORTANT PLANT PART LEADS FROM ROOT TO BRANCHES ETC..
STALKSHOOTTRUNKSTOCKCANEBINE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for the stem of any plant is jīng 莖. 2. Tíng 莛 refers to the stem of a plant that has been removed.
Modern Chinese Criteria
稈 refers to a stalk. 稈子 秫秸 棵子 萁 秸 莛 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • SPROUTnew-b51452aa-eed9-4305-9452-aaeed98305ed　INTENSELY YOUNG STEM OR BRANCH of a PLANT. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
See also
Hypernym
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    STEM

    culmus refers to the stalk of a plants like grain as the bearing element in the plant.

    calamus is a word that focusses on the hollowness of the stalk.

    stipula refers to the stalk as the worthless part of the plant.

    arista, the prickly ear, the tip or uppermost part of the stalk.

    arundo is a a longer and stronger reed.

    canna is a smaller and thinner reed.

    spica is the full ear, without respect to its shape.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 339

    • Words (4 items)

    莖  jīng OC: ɡreeŋ MC: ɦɣɛŋ 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nstem of a (smallish) plant, stem of a leaf
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifierquantifying classifier: stalk/stem of (grass, etc.)
    柯  kē OC: klaal MC: kɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nDCD:stem (of a plant)??? surely: branch
    莛  tíng OC: deeŋ MC: deŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nstem of plant after it has been removed from the living plant
    梗  gěng OC: kraaŋʔ MC: kɣaŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han, SONG colloquial: a very straight stem of a plant