Wood gives structural strength to a tree stem which is used to support the plant as it grows larger.

The thing's back was smooth and soft as leather, but translucent and green like a young tree stem.

The wheels are driven in rotation to force the cut tree stem through the delimbing knives.

They usually place themselves where they can stay undetected by the prey, like close to a sunken tree stem or behind a rock.

Nu showed her how to compose herself upon a limb with her back to the tree stem, but even then she was afraid of falling should she chance to doze.

It is mostly environmentally benign if not applied to non-target plants and can be applied either as an injection into the tree stem or as a spray to the bole.

'V'-shaped unions may create weakness and increase failure risk; this can be reduced by tree cabling, which reduces how far the tree stem can swing in strong winds.

The main ingredients of mohinga are chickpea flour and/or crushed toasted rice, garlic, onions, lemongrass, banana tree stem, ginger, fish paste, fish sauce and catfish in a rich broth cooked and kept on the boil in a cauldron.

"And unfortunately," Kirk put in, folding his arms and leaning one broad, gold-clad shoulder against the nearest tree stem, "the concept of ownership and the practice of agriculture are important points of definition in the index of civilization as set out in the Settlement Accords with the Klingons."