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Meaning of stems
- Alt. of Steem
- Alt. of Steem
- The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
- A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
- Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
- That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
- The entire central axis of a feather.
- The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
- The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
- The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
- To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
- To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
- To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
- To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Crossword clue for stems
- Arise (from)
- Check
- Cut off flower stalk
- Derive from plant stalk
- First staunch the effusion, medic!
- Flower holder
- Flower stalk
- Limb
- Originate from small talk? Excuse me!
- Part of a wine glass
- plant part
- Plant stalk
- Plant trunk
- Restrict flow of dubious drama from Amsterdam
- Slender support
- Stalk
- Stalk of a plant
- Stalk of plant
- Stop in nearest embassy
- Stop progress
- Family lines
- Originates
- Originates (from)
- Plant stalks
- Slender supports
- Stalks
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