Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry..

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Atony :: Atony (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile..
Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work..
Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..
Systematism :: Systematically (adv.) In a systematic manner; methodically.
Synergy :: Synergy (n.) the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy..
Pestalozzian :: Pestalozzian (n.) An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.
Defoliation :: Defoliation (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
Homosystemic :: Homosystemic (a.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates..
Peltated :: Peltated (a.) Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ..
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Phalansterian :: Phalansterian (n.) One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
Allodialism :: Allodialism (n.) The allodial system.
Real :: Real (n.) A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles..
Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..
Systemic :: Systemic (a.) Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood..
Cosmos :: Cosmos (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony..
Bole :: Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it..
Grahamite :: Grahamite (n.) One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
Cholagogue :: Cholagogue (n.) An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
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