<Ul> <Li> Accessory buds -- an embryonic shoot occurring above or to the side of an axillary bud ; also known as supernumerary bud . </Li> <Li> Acrocarpous -- produced at the end of a branch . </Li> <Li> Acutangular -- a stem that has several longitudinally running ridges with sharp edges . </Li> <Li> Adventitious buds -- a bud that arises at points on the plant other than at the stem apex or a leaf axil . </Li> <Li> Alate -- Having wing - like structures , usually on the seeds or stems , as in Euonymus alata </Li> <Li> Alternate -- buds are staggered on opposite sides of the branch </Li> <Li> Bark -- the outer layers of woody plants ; cork , phloem , and vascular cambium . </Li> <Li> Branches -- </Li> <Li> Bud -- an immature stem tip , typically an embryonic shoot , ether producing a stem , leaves or flowers . </Li> <Li> Bulb -- an underground stem normally with a short basal surface and with thick fleshy leaves . </Li> <Li> Bundle scar -- A small mark on a leaf scar indicating a point where a vein from the leaf was once connected with the stem . </Li> <Li> Caudex -- the hard base produced by herbaceous perennials used to overwinter the plant . </Li> <Li> Caulescent -- with a distinctive stem . </Li> <Li> Cauliflora -- with the flowers and fruit on the stem or trunk as in Saraca cauliflora </Li> <Li> Cladode -- A flattened stem that performs the function of a leaf ; an example is the pad of the opuntia cactus . </Li> <Li> Cladophyll -- a flattened stem that is leaf - like and green -- used for photosynthesis , normally plants have no or greatly reduced leaves . </Li> <Li> Climbing -- typically long stems , that cling to other objects . </Li> <Li> Corm -- a compact , upright orientated stem that is bulb - like with hard or fleshy texture and normally covered with papery , thin dry leaves . Most often produced under the soil surface . </Li> <Li> Cuticle -- a waterproof waxy membrane covering leaves and primary shoots . </Li> <Li> Decumbent -- stems that lie on the ground but have the ends turning upward . </Li> <Li> Dormant -- a state of no growth or reduced growth </Li> <Li> Earlywood -- The portion of the annual ring that is formed during the early part of a tree 's growing . </Li> <Li> Epidermis -- a layer of cells that cover all primary tissue , separating them from the outside environment . </Li> <Li> Erect -- growing upright . </Li> <Li> Flower bud -- a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop </Li> <Li> Fruticose -- woody stemmed with a shrub - like habit . Branching near the soil with woody based stems . </Li> <Li> Guard cell -- One of the paired epidermal cells that control the opening and closing of a stoma in plant tissue . </Li> <Li> Herbaceous -- non-woody and dying to the ground at the end of the growing season . Annual plants die , while perennials regrow from parts on the soil surface or below ground the next growing season . </Li> <Li> Heartwood -- The older , nonliving central wood of a tree or woody plant , usually darker and harder than the younger sapwood . Also called duramen . </Li> <Li> Internode -- spaces between the nodes . </Li> <Li> Latent buds -- An axillary bud whose development is inhibited , sometimes for many years , due to the influence of apical and other buds . Also known as a dormant bud . </Li> <Li> Late wood -- The portion of the annual ring that is formed after formation of earlywood has ceased . </Li> <Li> Lateral buds -- A bud located on the side of the stem , usually in a leaf axil . </Li> <Li> Leaf -- the photosynthetic organ of a plant that is attached to a stem , generally at specific intervals . </Li> <Li> Leaf axils -- the space created between a leaf and its branch . This is especially pronounced on monocots like bromeliads . </Li> <Li> Leaf buds -- A bud that produces a leafy shoot . </Li> <Li> Leaf scar -- the mark left on a branch from the previous location of a bud or leaf . </Li> <Li> Lenticel -- One of the small , corky pores or narrow lines on the surface of the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gases between the interior tissue and the surrounding air . </Li> <Li> Node -- where leaves and buds are attached to the stem . </Li> <Li> Orthotropic growth
what is the term for the regions of the plant where leaves are attached to the stem
Node