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Plant stalk

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Plant stalk' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Plant stalk crossword clue was last seen on January 29 2024 in the popular Newsday Crossword.

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99%STEMPlant stalkNewsday

Definition

• Alt. of Steem
• Alt. of Steem
• The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
• A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
• The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
• A branch of a family.
• A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
• Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
• Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
• That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
• The entire central axis of a feather.
• The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
• The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
• The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
• To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
• To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
• To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
• To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

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