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Dichotomous :: Dichotomous (a.) Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem..

Persuasion :: Persuasion (n.) A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed..

Wanghee :: Wanghee (n.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks..

Dove Plant :: Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant..

Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..

Internode :: Internode (n.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.

Caudex :: Caudex (n.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant..

Herb :: Herb (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering..

Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly..

Malthusianism :: Malthusianism (n.) The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.

Art :: Art (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill..

Phyllotaxis :: Phyllotaxis (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Restem :: Restem (v. t.) To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course..

Religion :: Religion (n.) The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural

Careless :: Careless (a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression..

Retrofracted :: Retrofracted (a.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem..

Isopathy :: Isopathy (n.) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.

Systematology :: Systematizer (n.) One who systematizes.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..

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