stem
/stɛm/
The above-ground stalk of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms; A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather; A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon
- plural
- stems
Meanings
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The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms
The flower has a long stem.
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A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather
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A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon
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The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitorsrare
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A branch of a familyrare
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A branch of a family.; A branch, or group of branches, located outside a family or other cladistic group, but which is more closely related to that group than to any other taxon of the same rankrare
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An advanced or leading position; the lookoutrare
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The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stemsrare
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A person's legrare
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The penisrare