Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) 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..

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Stemple :: Stemmy (a.) Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc..
Radically :: Radically (adv.) In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective..
Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..
Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..
System :: System (n.) Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business..
Rule :: Rule (a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock..
Radical :: Radical (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower..
Stem :: Stem (n.) 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..
Decimalize :: Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b)..
Acrita :: Acrita (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed..
Tonic :: Tonic (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system..
Arterial :: Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system..
Rationalist :: Rationalist (n.) One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist..
Organic :: Organic (a.) Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic..
Oaten :: Oaten (a.) Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe..
Institution :: Institution (n.) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
Nosology :: Nosology (n.) A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases..
Doctrinal :: Doctrinal (n.) A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines..
Cane :: Cane (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans..
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