a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

having many branches

a branch or a part of a tree that is dead

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants