stem
noun
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
stemlike
-
a word derived from
stem.
Example Sentences
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Mitchener is one of more than 1,000 vets who have since logged on as the company moves to mainstream the use of stem and stemlike cells to treat arthritis and tendon and ligament injuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1992 Snyder announced in print that his lab had removed stemlike cells from mouse brains and had grown them in a culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
He stood there while a laugh covered his features, and he put his hand in his pocket and drew out a key-ring, which he waved, holding it by some long, stemlike instrument.
From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
The flowers are disks and squares of different bright-colored tissue-paper, each one with its centre pinched together and twisted into a stemlike piece, which is pushed down into a buttonhole-twist spool.
From Little Folks' Handy Book by Adelia B. (Adelia Belle) Beard
More curious grew his head, stemlike his limbs, and hark!
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Helen Leah Reed
