7
suppress(verb, control, restrain, halt, block)
6
bar(noun, verb, stop, control, close)
6
clan(noun, paternity)
6
column(noun, body, thing, core, stalk)
6
come(verb, go, advance, keep, develop)
6
family(noun, paternity)
6
grow(verb, end, develop, raise, produce)
6
obstruct(verb, stop, control, close, end)
6
offshoot(noun, stick, shoot, branch, arm)
6
peduncle(noun, shoot, stalk)
6
petiole(noun, shoot, stalk)
6
pole(noun, support, bar, stick, branch)
6
source(noun, cause, beginning, origin)
6
twig(noun, bar, stick, shoot, branch)
6
withstand(verb, stop, prevent, slow, staunch)
5
axis(noun, support, shoot, stalk, leg)
5
beginning(noun, cause, beginning, origin)
5
dam(verb, stop, control, block, prevent)
5
descend(verb, rise, head, appear, emerge)
5
fore(noun, head, nose)
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