Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) A branch of a family.

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Intraaxillary :: Intraaxillary (a.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
Caulicle :: Caulicle (n.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle..
Nudicaul :: Nudicaul (a.) Having the stems leafless.
Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life..
Universe :: Universe (n.) All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation..
Malebranchism :: Malebranchism (n.) The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God..
Crinoidea :: Crinoidea (n. pl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula..
Systemic :: Systematology (n.) The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems..
Vegetative :: Vegetative (a.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal..
Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly..
Pantheology :: Pantheology (n.) A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
Pasigraphy :: Pasigraphy (n.) A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations..
Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..
Conacre :: Conacre (n.) Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Decagramme :: Decagramme (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue..
Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..
Herbaceous :: Herbaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem..
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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