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stemmed

   [stemd]
adjective
1.
having a stem or a specified kind of stem (often used in combination): a long-stemmed rose.
2.
having the stem or stems removed: stemmed cherries.
Origin:
1570–80; stem1 + -ed2

Related forms
un·stemmed, adjective

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stem

1   [stem] ,noun, verb, stemmed, stem·ming.
noun
1.
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
2.
the stalk that supports a leaf, flower, or fruit.
3.
the main body of that portion of a tree, shrub, or other plant which is above ground; trunk; stalk.
4.
a cut flower: We bought roses at the flower market for 50¢ a stem.
5.
a petiole; peduncle; pedicel.
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6.
a stalk of bananas.
7.
something resembling or suggesting a leaf or flower stalk.
8.
a long, slender part: the stem of a tobacco pipe.
9.
the slender, vertical part of a goblet, wineglass, etc., between the bowl and the base.
10.
Informal. a drinking glass having a stem.
11.
the handle of a spoon.
12.
a projection from the rim of a watch, having on its end a knob for winding the watch.
13.
the circular rod in some locks about which the key fits and rotates.
14.
the rod or spindle by which a valve is operated from outside.
15.
the stock or line of descent of a family; ancestry or pedigree.
16.
Grammar. the underlying form, often consisting of a root plus an affix, to which the inflectional endings of a word are added, as tend-, the stem in Latin tendere “to stretch,” the root of which is ten-. Compare base1 (def. 18), theme (def. 5).
17.
Music. the vertical line forming part of a note.
18.
stems, Slang. the legs of a human being.
19.
the main or relatively thick stroke of a letter in printing.
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verb (used with object)
20.
to remove the stem from (a leaf, fruit, etc.): Stem the cherries before cooking.
verb (used without object)
21.
to arise or originate: This project stems from last week's lecture.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English stemn, stefn, equivalent to ste- (variant of sta-, base of standan to stand) + -mn- suffix; akin to German Stamm stem, tribe; see staff1

Related forms
stem·less, adjective
stem·like, adjective

stem

2   [stem] verb, stemmed, stem·ming, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to stop, check, or restrain.
2.
to dam up; stop the flow of (a stream, river, or the like).
3.
to tamp, plug, or make tight, as a hole or joint.
4.
Skiing. to maneuver (a ski or skis) in executing a stem.
5.
to stanch (bleeding).
verb (used without object)
6.
Skiing. to execute a stem.
noun
7.
Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English stemmen < Old Norse stemma to dam or Middle Low German stemmen

stem

3   [stem]
verb (used with object), stemmed, stem·ming.
1.
to make headway against (a tide, current, gale, etc.).
2.
to make progress against (any opposition).
Origin:
1585–95; v. use of stem4

stem

5   [stem]
verb (used with object), stemmed, stem·ming.
to arrange the loading of (a merchant vessel) within a specified time.
Origin:
1895–1900; variant of steven to direct one's course < Old Norse stefna to sail directly, aim, derivative of stafn stem4
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stemmed (stɛmd)
 
—adj
1.  a.  having a stem
 b.  (in combination): a thin-stemmed plant; a long-stemmed glass
2.  having had the stem or stems removed

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stem
"to hold back," c.1300, from O.N. stemma "to stop," from P.Gmc. *stamjan (cf. Swed. stämma, O.S. stemmian, M.Du. stemon, Ger. stemmen "stop, resist, oppose"), from PIE base *stem- "to strike against something" (cf. Lith. stumiu "thrust, push"). Phrase to stem the tide is lit. "to hold back the
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tide," but often is confused with stem (v.) in sense of "to make headway against, head in a certain course" (late 14c.), which is from stem (n.)).
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Medical Dictionary

stem (stěm)
n.
A supporting structure resembling the stalk of a plant.

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stem   (stěm)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The main, often long or slender part of a plant that usually grows upward above the ground and supports other parts, such as branches and leaves. Plants have evolved a number of tissue arrangements in the stem. Seedless vascular plants (such as mosses and ferns) have primary vascular tissue in an inner core, a cylindrical ring, or individual strands scattered amid the ground tissue. In eudicots, magnoliids, and conifers, the stem develops a continuous cylindrical layer or a ring of separate bundles of vascular tissue (including secondary vascular tissue) embedded in the ground tissue. In monocots and some herbaceous eudicots, individual strands of primary vascular tissue are scattered in the ground tissue.

  2. A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower.


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