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Moderatestem
The correct spelling is stem.
How to pronounce stem
/stɛm/
nounIPA: /stɛm/
Say it like: Ste-m
The correct spelling is stem. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. For example: "the stem of an apple or a cherry"
Usage Examples
“the stem of an apple or a cherry”
“to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves”
“The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- 2.A branch of a family.
- 3.An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- 4.The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- 5.A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
verb
- 1.To remove the stem from.
- 2.To be caused or derived; to originate.
- 3.To descend in a family line.
- 4.To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- 5.To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
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