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Stem

Alt. of Steem

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Narrower term 30

Axis 76% connected

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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Bole 76% connected

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Bulb 76% connected

A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partiall…

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Cane 76% connected

A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.

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Carpophore 76% connected

A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

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Caudex 76% connected

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.

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Cladophyll 76% connected

A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

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Corm 76% connected

A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

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Cornstalk 76% connected

A stalk of Indian corn.

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Culm 76% connected

The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

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Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

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Filament 76% connected

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

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Funicle 76% connected

A small cord, ligature, or fiber.

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Funiculus 76% connected

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of wh…

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Gynophore 76% connected

The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.

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Halm 76% connected

Same as Haulm.

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Haulm 76% connected

The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

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Leafstalk 76% connected

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

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Petiole 76% connected

A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

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Petiolule 76% connected

A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

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Rhizome 76% connected

A rootstock. See Rootstock.

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Rootstock 76% connected

A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.

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Scape 76% connected

A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Sporangiophore 76% connected

The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.

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Stipe 76% connected

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Trunk 76% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Tuber 76% connected

A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Cylinder 76% connected

A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal s…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Orient 76% connected

Rising, as the sun.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Tubing 76% connected

of Tube

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turning 76% connected

of Turn

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Derivationally related 6

Stemmer 74% connected

One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

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Stemmer 74% connected

One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Theme 74% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Theme 74% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Anchor 70% connected

A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook…

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Grip 70% connected

The griffin.

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Handle 70% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Hold 70% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Key 70% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Nail 70% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Pin 70% connected

To peen.

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Pipe 70% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Vessel 70% connected

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bo…

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Wineglass 70% connected

A small glass from which to drink wine.

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Internode 70% connected

The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.

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Node 70% connected

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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Receptacle 70% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

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Synonym 12

Base 92% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Bow 92% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Fore 92% connected

Journey; way; method of proceeding.

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Halt 92% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Prow 92% connected

The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

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Radical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Root 92% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Shank 92% connected

See Chank.

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Stalk 92% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

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Stanch 92% connected

To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

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Staunch 92% connected

Alt. of Staunchness

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Theme 92% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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