stems
Botanical vertical structures
Stems is the verb form of stem, meaning to originate or arise from: Her confidence stems from years of practice.
Stems also names the slender supporting structures of plants, the thin bases of wineglasses, or the main strokes of letters.
To stem something is to stop or check its flow: stem the bleeding, stem the tide.
Plant's vertical support
- shootDischarge or capture
- trunkMain stem or storage
- branchDivision or woody limb
- vineTrailing climbing plant
twig · rhizome · stolon · runner · petiole · pedicel · cane · culm
Complete sudden stop
dam · block · stanch · arrest · contain · restrain · impede · suppress
Underground nutrient absorbers
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genesisPoint of creation
- sourcePoint of origin
- foundationUnderlying support structure
lineage · derivation · provenance · beginning · descent · heritage · extraction · pedigree
stalk
Plant's vertical support
vine · twig · rhizome · stolon · runner · petiole · pedicel · cane · culm · tendril
halt
Complete sudden stop
staunch · dam · block · stanch · arrest · contain · restrain · impede · suppress · obstruct
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
foundation · lineage · derivation · provenance · beginning · descent · heritage · extraction · pedigree · bloodline
goblet
Stemmed drinking vessel
snifter · coupe · champagne · crystal · bowl · base · foot · barware · stemware · vessel
buttress
Architectural wall reinforcement
- pillarUpright architectural support
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- frameworkUnderlying support system
scaffold · beam · strut · underpinning · backbone · spine · pedestal · base · prop · shoring
- floraleaves, petals, buds, branches, roots
- plant anatomyroot, leaves, leaf, roots, flower
- bananasbananas, banana, plantain, plantains, banana leaves
- floral artbouquet, flower arrangement, flower bouquet, floral display, cut flowers
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- tree partstrunk, branches, branch, bark, root
stemsleads to
Produces as outcome
causes · results in · produces · generates · gives rise to
- stemming the tideStopping a powerful advance
- stem cellsUndifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
- brain stemNeural stalk below cerebrum
- stem the tideCurb a growing force
- stem cell therapyTreatment using primordial cells
- stems fromHas as source