| A | B |
| Tap roots | Main root growing downward |
| Fibrous roots | thin thread -like roots |
| Tuberous roots | roots enlarged for storage |
| Aerial roots | root above ground |
| Buds | undeveloped shoot |
| Node | point on stem for bud or leaf |
| internode | point between nodes |
| Tuber | underground stem enlarged for storage |
| Rhizome | form new shoot under ground |
| Stolon | above ground shoots |
| Bulb | underground stem for stoage |
| corm | solid fleshy underground stem |