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A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .
' Heaths and heather are indeed finely leaved plants which in a sense are bristly, but their botanical name ( Erica for heath, Calluna for heather) reflect the properties of their stems.
The separation of intracellular from extracellular water NMR signals is restricted to roots or other tissues, such as some stems, which have elongated cells oriented in parallel [ 70] and is illustrated in Figure 6for maize roots.
These dwarf varieties have shorter stems than wild-type, making these plants less susceptible to damage by wind and rain.
I think your impatience stems from that.