The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogue the shaft of a feather
The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms
the tube of a tobacco pipe remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed" stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide" grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" cause to point inward; "stem your skis