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stem

noun

/stem/

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the main long, thin part of a plant above the ground from which the leaves or flowers grow; a smaller part that grows from this and supports flowers or leaves
- long, trailing stems of ivy
- a tall plant with branching stems
- There are several leaves on each stem.
- When the bush has finished flowering, cut back all the stems.
Topics Plants and treesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- long
- tall
- short
verb + stem
- break
- cut
- cut back
stem + verb
- break
preposition
- on a/the stem
phrases
- the base of the stem
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the long, thin part of a wine glass between the bowl and the base
the thin tube of a tobacco pipe
-stemmed
(in adjectives) having one or more stems of the type mentioned
- a long-stemmed rose
- slender-stemmed wine glasses
(grammar) the main part of a word that stays the same when endings are added to it
- Writ is the stem of the forms writes, writing and written.

Word Originnoun Old English stemn, stefn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stam and German Stamm. Sense (4) is related to Dutch steven, German Steven.

Idioms

from stem to stern

all the way from the front of a ship to the back

See stem in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee stem in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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