stem
noun /stem/
/stem/
Idioms 
enlarge imagethe main long, thin part of a plant above the ground from which the leaves or flowers grow; a smaller part that grows from this and supports flowers or leaves- long, trailing stems of ivy
- a tall plant with branching stems
- There are several leaves on each stem.
- When the bush has finished flowering, cut back all the stems.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- tall
- short
- …
- break
- cut
- cut back
- …
- break
- on a/the stem
- the base of the stem
- the long, thin part of a wine glass between the bowl and the base
enlarge image - the thin tube of a tobacco pipe
- -stemmed(in adjectives) having one or more stems of the type mentioned
- a long-stemmed rose
- slender-stemmed wine glasses
- (grammar) the main part of a word that stays the same when endings are added to it
- ‘Writ’ is the stem of the forms ‘writes’, ‘writing’ and ‘written’.
Word Originnoun Old English stemn, stefn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stam and German Stamm. Sense (4) is related to Dutch steven, German Steven.
Idioms
from stem to stern
- all the way from the front of a ship to the back