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Other forms: stems; stemming; stemmed
A stem is a plant’s stalk, and it’s also a verb meaning «grow out of.» So roses have stems, and your idea to give roses to your mom for her birthday stems from her love of flowers.
A stem can be the central root of a word, the supporting structure of a plant, or the thin, cylindrical part of a glass goblet. When one thing stems from something else, it originates or begins growing there: «His vegetarianism stems from his love of animals.» An older meaning of the verb is «stop the flow of something,» as in «Stem your nosebleed with this tissue!» or «Some people think streetlights will stem the graffiti on that street.»
Definitions of stem
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noun
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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synonyms:
stalk
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gynophore
the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle
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carpophore
a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel
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corn stalk, cornstalk
the stalk of a corn plant
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filament
the stalk of a stamen
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funicle, funiculus
the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
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petiolule
the stalk of a leaflet
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cane
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
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sporangiophore
stalk bearing one or more sporangia
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cutting, slip
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
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tuber
a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
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rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock
a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
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axis
the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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caudex
woody stem of palms and tree ferns
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beanstalk
stem of a bean plant
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cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
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caudex, stock
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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stipe
supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
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flower stalk, scape
erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
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leafstalk, petiole
the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
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bulb
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
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corm
solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
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branch
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
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culm
stem of plants of the Gramineae
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halm, haulm
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
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bole, tree trunk, trunk
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
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water chestnut
edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
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groundnut, potato bean, wild bean
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
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Jerusalem artichoke
edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke
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yam
edible tuber of any of several yams
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sugar cane, sugarcane
juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
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rattan, rattan cane
the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
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malacca
stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
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onion
the bulb of an onion plant
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shallot
aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
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squill
bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
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quickset
cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines
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rachis
axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
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phyllode
an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
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peduncle
stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
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spadix
the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
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bulbil, bulblet
small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers
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deadwood
a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
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limb, tree branch
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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branchlet, sprig, twig
a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
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plant organ
a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
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noun
the tube of a tobacco pipe
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tube, tubing
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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tube, tubing
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verb
remove the stem from
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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base, radical, root, root word, theme
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a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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verb
cause to point inward
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front part of a vessel or aircraft
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bow, fore, prow
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verb
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
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stop the flow of a liquid
“stem the tide”
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synonyms:
halt, stanch, staunch
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the enlargement at the tip of a flower’s stamen that contains pollen
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a branch of biology dealing with plants
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a small growth at the tip or on the side of a stem that later develops into a flower, leaf, or branch
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the usually green outer part of a flower consisting of sepals
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the green substance in plants that makes it possible for them to make food from carbon dioxide and water
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the stalk of a plant stamen that bears the anther
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a plant part that produces seed
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to begin to grow : SPROUT
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one of the often brightly colored leaflike outer parts of a flower
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the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light
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to place in the ground to grow
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the very fine usually yellow dust that is produced by a plant and that is carried to other plants of the same kind usually by wind or insects so that the plants can produce seeds
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the leafless underground part of a plant that absorbs water and minerals, stores food, and holds the plant in place
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a tiny developing plant that is enclosed in a protective coat usually along with a supply of food and that is able to develop under suitable conditions into a plant like the one that produced it
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one of the specialized leaves that form the calyx of a flower
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the part of a flower that produces pollen and is made up of an anther and a filament
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the main stalk of a plant that develops buds and shoots and usually grows above ground
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
stem
(noun, verb)
/stɛm/
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The stem is the part of a plant that supports the leaf, flower, or fruit. Any long, slender, and supporting part, such as the one on a pipe or a wineglass, is also a stem. On a watch, the stem is the part that sticks out from the body of a watch, having a knob on its end for winding the watch. In grammar, the stem is a form of a word comprising a root on its own, or a root plus a prefix or suffix, to which certain endings may be added. As a verb, to stem means ‘to slow down the flow of something’ and it can be used literally or figuratively.
Example sentences
- The plant has a long, delicate stem.
- Tania picked up the wineglass by its stem and took a sip.
- Nate pulled out the stem of the watch and began to wind it.
- Kind is the stem of kindness.
- The passerby used her shirt to stem the flow of blood from the accident victim’s wound.
- The company has issued a public apology in an attempt to stem the flood of complaints.
Words often used with stem
stem from: to arise or originate from. Example: “The couple’s problems stem from a lack of communication.”
Additional information
In education, STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You can read more about STEM here.
Did you know?
Stem cells are simple biological cells that have the potential to develop into any particular kind of cell. They exist in early-stage embryos (embryonic stem cells), where they continually divide and become more specialized, developing into specific cells like skin cells or blood cells. They also exist after birth, at which point they are known as adult stem cells (even in children) and they repair the tissues in which they are found.
Origin
Stem dates back to before the year 900. The Old English noun stemn or stefn (by Middle English it had settled on stemn) was used to mean both ‘the stem of a plant’ and ‘the trunk of a tree,’ and figuratively for ‘the end-post of a ship.’ It can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic stamniz and the Proto-Indo-European root sta– ‘to stand’ or ‘to make or be firm.’ It is related to the Old Saxon stamm and the Old Norse stafn (stem of a ship), the Danish stamme and the Swedish stam (trunk of a tree), and the Old High German stam and German Stamm (stem), as well as many modern English words, including consist, constant, contrast, cost, destination, distance, ecstasy existence, insist, obstacle, post, press, resist, rest, stable, stage, stale, state, stay, steer, store and understand, and even country names like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The meanings ‘thin part of a wineglass’ and ‘the unchanging part of a word’ both appeared in the early 19th century. Stem cell is from the late 19th century. The nautical sense fell out of use in the noun, but remains in some expressions. The verb, meaning ‘to hold back,’ dates back to the early 15th century, as the Middle English stemmen. It is unrelated to the noun (although there was once a verb related to the nautical sense of the noun, which meant ‘to sail in a certain course or make headway’). It came into English from a Scandinavian source, probably the Old Norse stemma (to stop, dam up or abate), and can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic stamjan and the Proto-Indo-European root stem (to strike against something). It is related to the Swedish stämma, Old Saxon stemmian, Middle Dutch stemon and German stemmen (to stop, resist or oppose), as well as the Lithuanian stumiu (to thrust or push). The verbal phrase stem from was first used in the US in the 1930s, and may have come from the noun stem, or from a borrowing of the German phrase stammen aus (stem from).
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