Dichotomous: alternatives and connections

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.

solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…

Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.

To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.

An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom

blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells

A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…

Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next…

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the pri…