steel

Definitions of steel
  1. noun
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
    synonyms: stengel, stok
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    navelstreng
    the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
    riet, rotan
    a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
    knol
    a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
    onderstam, rhizoom, rizoom, wortelstok
    a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
    bloemsteel
    erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
    bladsteel
    the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
    stengelknol
    solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
    aftakking, arm, tak, zijtak
    a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
    grashalm
    stem of plants of the Gramineae
    boomstam, stam, zenuwstreng
    the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
    suikerriet
    juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
    manou, rotan
    the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
    rietje, rotting
    stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
    ui, uienplant, uieplant
    the bulb of an onion plant
    sjalot
    aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
    rijs, teen, twijg, wis
    a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
  2. noun
    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
    synonyms: sleutelschacht
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