The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STEM , but the solution may also be LEAF which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Plant part crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEM | 29 % | 4 |
| ROOT | 23 % | 4 |
| STAMEN | 8 % | 6 |
| SEPAL | 6 % | 5 |
| LEAF | 5 % | 4 |
| PETAL | 5 % | 5 |
| SEED | 4 % | 4 |
| STALK | 2 % | 5 |
| TAPROOT | 2 % | 7 |
| ARIL | 1 % | 4 |
| PALEA | 1 % | 5 |
| BRACT | 1 % | 5 |
| BUD | 1 % | 3 |
| GALEA | 1 % | 5 |
| ROOTTIP | 1 % | 7 |
| PISTIL | 1 % | 6 |
| STOMA | 1 % | 5 |
| ROOTLET | 1 % | 7 |
| TWIG | 1 % | 4 |
| AWN | 1 % | 3 |
| EAR | 1 % | 3 |
| NODE | 1 % | 4 |
| STIGMA | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Plant part
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plant life
- plantable
- plantlet
- plant genus
- plants
- planting
- planted
- planta
- plantin
- plantlike
- interplant
- marsh plant
Crossword Answer definitions
STEM noun- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- A person's leg.
- The penis.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- (chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
- To remove the stem from.
- To be caused or derived; to originate.
- To descend in a family line.
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
- To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
- A gleam of light; a flame.
- Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
- An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check
More clues leading to the result ROOT
- Cheer for
- Cheer on the home team
- Kind of canal
- Pull for
- Radish, e.g.
- Dentist's canal?
- Take hold
- Cheer
- Origin
- Source
More clues leading to the result STAMEN
- Flower part
- Plant part
- Pollen producer
- Flower organ
- Pollen-bearing organ
- Counterpart of 1-Across
- It has the anther
- Pollen bearer
- Pollen source
- Where to find the anther
More clues leading to the result SEPAL
- Calyx part
- Flower part
- Petal base
- Leaflike flower part
- Part of a calyx
- Calyx component
- Leaf of a calyx
- Leaf in a garden
- Iris part
- Floral leaf
More clues leading to the result LEAF
- Browse through
- Stem terminal
- Book page
- Page
- A new one may be turned over
- Fall faller
- Thumb through
- Table extender
- ___ blower
- Table expander
More clues leading to the result PETAL
- "She loves me" unit
- Attar source
- Flower part
- Peony part
- Corolla part
- Potpourri piece
- Beeline's conclusion?
- One of an iris's three
- Potpourri bit
- Bee perch?
More clues leading to the result SEED
- Kind of pearl
- Pet-shop vittles
- Plant
- Sow
- Tourney rank
- Growing need
- It's for the birds
- It's scattered in spring
- Parakeets' eats
- Peach pit
More clues leading to the result STALK
- Asparagus spear
- Celery portion
- Plant support
- Plant stem
- Ear's support
- Pursue quarry
- Pursue furtively
- Peduncle
- Pursue, as quarry
- Piece of rhubarb
More clues leading to the result TAPROOT
- Carrot, e.g.
- Downward-growing plant part
- Carrot, for one
- It grows downward
- Underground plant growth.
- Part of a plant.
- Tree part.
- Carrot feature
- Plant's main feeder
- Plant's principal feeder
More clues leading to the result ARIL
- Nutmeg skin
- Seed covering
- Seed cover
- Nutmeg covering
- Seed coating
- Covering for 66-Down
- Seed coat
- Seed protector
- Nutmeg cover
- Botanical envelope
More clues leading to the result PALEA
- Chaffy bract
- Bract.
- Flower bract.
- Bract enclosing the flower, in grasses.
- Chaffy bract at base of flower.
- Bract of a flower.
- Particle of chaff.
- Plant part.
- Floral bract.
- Leaf around a floret.
More clues leading to the result BRACT
- Flower leaf
- Part of a flower's structure
- Flower base
- Petallike leaf on a poinsettia
- Cluster leaf
- Leaflike flower part
- Poinsettia "petal"
- Leaflike part
- Leaf on the floral axis.
- Leaf at the base of a flower.
More clues leading to the result BUD
- Flower starter
- Unopened flower
- Lou's partner
- Start of a flower
- 4:20 stuff
- Pal
- Bit of weed
- Man cave invitee
- Man-cave guest
- Sign of spring
More clues leading to the result GALEA
- Helmet-shaped plant part
- Helmet-shaped flower part
- Corolla part
- Plant part
- Roman helmet.
- Flower part: Bot.
- Helmet: Latin
- Caesar's helmet
- Casque
- Helmet for Hadrian
More clues leading to the result ROOTTIP
More clues leading to the result PISTIL
- Flower part
- Stamen's counterpart
- Flower organ
- There's a stigma to it
- Seed bearer
- Seed-bearing organ
- Plant organ
- Peony part
- Stigma bearer
- Part of a flower.
More clues leading to the result STOMA
- Leaf aperture
- Leaf opening
- Hole in those nasty anti-smoking images
- Leaf pore
- Plant pores
- Pore in a leaf
- Small aperture
- Leaf's breathing space?
- Plant pore
- Plant aperture
More clues leading to the result ROOTLET
- Small plant-part
- Small plant fiber
- Ivy attacher
- Small division of a plant
- Small plant support
- Little water carrier
- Radicel.
- Radicel
- Rhizoid
- Ivy offshoot
More clues leading to the result TWIG
- Small branch
- Branch offshoot
- Bit of kindling
- Stick in the wilderness
- Branch branch
- Easy snapper
- Shoot
- Brick : house :: __ : nest
- Piece of kindling
- Stick on the ground
More clues leading to the result AWN
- Barley bristle
- Wheat "whiskers"
- Barley beard
- Bristle
- Bristlelike appendage
- Plant bristle
- Grain beard
- Grain bristle
- Grass feature
- Arista
More clues leading to the result EAR
- A muff covers it
- An external organ
- Dumbo's wing
- Flair for music
- Hairstylist's obstacle?
- Hoop site
- Musical acuity
- Pencil holder
- Pencil-holder, at times
- Piercing locale
More clues leading to the result NODE
- Bump on a log
- Connector
- Protuberance
- Terminal on a network
- Connecting point
- Swelling
- Bump
- Computer network site
- Graph point
- Bump on a log?