stem¹ /stem/

1. The leaf-bearing axis of a plant
2. A stalk
3. Anything stalklike, such as the slender vertical part of a written musical note, or of a wineglass, or the winding shaft of a watch
4. An upright stroke of a letter
5. The main line (or sometimes a branch) of a family
6. A race or family
7. The base of a word, to which inflectional suffixes are added (philology)

1. To provide with a stem
2. To deprive of stalk or stem

1. To grow a stem
2. To spring, take rise

stemˈless adjective

stemˈlet noun

stemmed adjective

stem-and-leafˈ diagram noun (statistics)

A type of diagram representing grouped data, in which class intervals are shown on a vertical line (the stem) with observations given beside each class interval on a horizontal line (a leaf)

stem cell noun (biology)

A generalized parent cell that gives rise to cells that specialize

stem cup noun

A Chinese porcelain goblet first produced in the Ming Dynasty, having a roomy bowl mounted on a stem that broadens to form the base

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