### definite unit:

Natural stipule
* A stipule natural object
* Stipules also occur at the base of the petioles but usually persist only for a short time
  - are large and deciduous
* Stipules are present and are often gland-like
  - present, often forming an ocrea
  - produced by nearly all species, but in some they are small and fugacious
  - rare, and when present they are small or membranous
  - sometimes present as modified spines
  - two small flaps at the base of the leaf
  - uncommon among the monocotyledons, where they tend to be small and vestigial
  - can be glandular, leafy, spiny, or scale-like
  - occur at the nodes, and they become swollen and corky on older stems

### definite unit:

Natural stub
* A stub natural object
* Stubs are likely to attract wood-boring insects
  - receipts
  - records
  - where many people start editing wikipedia
  - can serve as a point of entry for certain diseases and insect pests
  - decay rapidly
* Stubs encourage decay and canker, thus forming a source of injury to the parent branch or trunk
  - rot and decay.
  * They are useful, but they need more length and information than the above. Stubs are useful, but try to include some length and quality into the article.
  * I see them. I think some people make stubs to find out more information. Stubs do not bother me at all if they are good stubs. Stubs are ideas for articles. Stubs are asking for more information. Stubs can hold a place that a bigger article can go in. You can link to a stub. Linking to a stub creates a structure for information. When you link to a stub, you are pointing at it.
  * I see them. I think some people make stubs to find out more information. Stubs do not bother me at all if they are good stubs. Stubs are ideas for articles. Stubs are asking for more information. Stubs can hold a place that a bigger article can go in. You can link to a stub. Linking to a stub creates a structure for information. When you link to a stub, you are pointing at it. Some people may follow the link because they want to see what you are pointing at. When they find that it stub, that chance to add something.
  * I have to agree with fr33kman here. I don't support the deletion of stubs because they are stubs. Stubs are the starting point of good articles. They need to be developed. What I will entertain is the deletion of non notable stubs, and that is an entirely different discussion. I don't agree with the mass deletion of restrictions of stubs.
  * Stubs are where many people start editing wikipedia. I would not have started a new article however. And from what I have heard talking to others there are many others would also said similar.
  * This is how en.wiki started and its how we are going to have to start and grow as well. These are articles we need. Very few articles are going to look perfect from the beginning. Stubs are the natural way of starting articles and the wiki building. There are those that like to create hundreds of stubs and there are those who like to expand stubs bigger. We need both kinds of editors. Seeking to nip it in the bud right away does nothing but scare off potential editors and cause us to lose articles. Nothing has gone wrong or needs fixing, this is how a wikis is 'supposed' to work.
  * Most stubs are only one paragraph or sometimes they are only a few lines. Stubs do not contain a complete description of a subject

### definite unit | natural stub:

Cigarette butt
* Most cigarette butts are part of cigarettes.
* are butts
  - everywhere, often within a few feet of a garbage can or ash tray
  - highly toxic if ingested
* are located in ashtrays
  - subways
  - the most common type of litter on earth
* can be fatal if chewed and swallowed by a baby
  - cause bushfires
  - poison children
  - pose a fire hazard
* start many of the wildland fires in Hawaii County
  - in Kauai
* take seven years to decompose and pose a fire hazard.