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stem (Janus word)
To start or to originate and to stop or to restrain.
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(Greek > Latin: stem, stalk)
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(Greek: young branch, shoot; thallus, a simple-plant body with undifferentiated root, stem, and leaf)
(a suffix which forms nouns that refer to people who regularly engage in some activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem or root of the word; originally, which appeared in Middle English in words from Old French where it expressed an intensive degree or with a pejorative or disparaging application)
(Latin: to look, to observe in order to make a prediction; to see omens; from auspex [genitive form auspicis] avi-, stem of avis, "bird" plus -spex, "observer", from specere)
(Greek > Latin: onion, bulbous root, bulb; ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants; such as, onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow)
(Latin: root out, to pluck out by the stem or root)
(Latin: fruit; from Old French fruit, from Latin fructus, "fruit, produce, profit" from frug-, stem of frui, "to use, to enjoy".)
(from Late Latin, 1526, genuflectionem (genuflexio), from stem of genuflectere "genuflect", from Latin genu, "knee" + flectere< "to bend")
(Latin: from the stem of nubere, "to marry, to wed")
(Greek: said to be a stem for "all, every, whole", or "complete"; that is, a field of study in biology that refers to the whole set of omics including their -omics and -ome subfields in order to understand life as a holistic existence and organic beings as a whole)
(Greek > Latin: to do, to exercise, doing; action, activity, practice; the opposite of theory; from the stem of prassein, "to do, to act")
(Greek > Latin: inner room, bedchamber; so called by Galen because chambers at the base of the brain were thought to supply animal spirits to the optic nerves; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon (the area in the center of the brain just above the brain stem that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus) which relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex of the brain)
(Latin: quantity having magnitude and direction; carrier, bearer, conveyer; from the stem of vehere, "to carry, to convey, to cart")
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baluster stem
The stem of a drinking glass, or something similar, having a gradual swelling near the top or bottom.
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stem (s), stems (pl) (nouns)
The stem produces and supports new leaves, branches, and flowers and keeps these items in positions to receive light, water, and warmth.

The main functions of stems are to transport materials; such as, water and nutrients, to and from the roots. Stems may also contribute to the reproduction of plants, store food, or help in photosynthesis.

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