Vocabulary : Stellulate to Stemmed
Stellulate : Minutely stellate.Stelmatopoda : Same as Gymnolaemata.
Stelography : The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
Stem : 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
Stem-clasping : Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
