Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean..

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Liana :: Liana (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region..
Base :: Base (n.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles..
Blastemal :: Blastemal (a.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.
Cerebro-spinal :: Cerebro-spinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..
Cult :: Cult (n .) A system of religious belief and worship.
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Cumbrian :: Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there..
Myoepithelial :: Myoepithelial (a.) Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms.
Stipel :: Stipe (n.) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
Pestalozzianism :: Pestalozzianism (n.) The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.
Placentary :: Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification..
Systematical :: Systematic (a.) Alt. of Systematica.
Systematology :: Systematizer (n.) One who systematizes.
Synthesist :: Synthesis (n.) The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis..
Obdiplostemony :: Obdiplostemony (n.) The condition of being obdiplostemonous.
Cane :: Cane (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry..
Scape :: Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like..
Nudicaul :: Nudicaul (a.) Having the stems leafless.
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