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nouncylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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nouna slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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"stem the tide"verbstop the flow of a liquidtype of:
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"thematic vowels are part of the stem"noun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removedtype of:
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nouna turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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nounfront part of a vessel or aircrafttype of:part of:
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"stem your skis"verbcause to point inwardtype of:
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"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"verbgrow out of, have roots in, originate intype of:
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"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"verbremove the stem from
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nounthe tube of a tobacco pipepart of:
Synonyms & Similar Words
take turn check front form base turning remove stock cutting bow slip trunk theme branch root tube halt withdraw cane radical bulb fore stalk cylinder orient shank scape beanstalk staunch tubing prow tuber filament bole stipe signifier cornstalk stanch rhizome descriptor plant organ rootstalk rootstock tree trunk sporangiophore caudex cladode cladophyll corn stalk culm corm carpophore petiole petiolule phylloclad phylloclade flower stalk funicle funiculus axis gynophore halm haulm leafstalk root word word form stem turn originate in take away stemmer