" stem "

[Noun]  | "stem" | \ ˈstem \

1: the main trunk of a plant; specifically : a primary plant axis that develops buds and shoots instead of roots

2: a plant part (such as a branch, petiole, or stipe) that supports another (such as a leaf or fruit)

3: the complete fruiting stalk of a banana plant with its bananas

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn stem of a plant or ship; akin to Old High German stam plant stem and probably to Greek stamnos wine jar, histanai to set {mat|stand|};

[Noun]  | "stem" 

1: check, dam

2: an act or instance of stemming on skis

Origin: 1700 ;

[Noun]  | "stem cell" 

1: an unspecialized cell that gives rise to differentiated cells

Origin: 1896 ;

[Noun]  | "stem christie" 

1: a turn in skiing begun by stemming a ski and completed by bringing the skis parallel into a christie

Origin: 1936 ;

[Noun]  | "stem rust" 

1: a rust attacking the stem of a plant; especially : a destructive disease especially of wheat caused by a rust fungus (Puccinia graminis) which produces reddish-brown lesions in the uredospore stage and black lesions in the teliospore stage and has any of several plants of the barberry family as an intermediate host

2: the fungus causing stem rust

Origin: 1899 ;

[Noun]  | "stem turn" 

1: a skiing turn executed by stemming an outside ski

Origin: 1922 ;

[Verb]  | "stem" 

1: to make headway against (something, such as an adverse tide, current, or wind)

2: to check or go counter to (something adverse)

Origin: 1593 ;

 Middle English (Scots) stemmen to keep a course, from {see: |stem:1|stem:1} (of a ship);

[Verb]  | "stem" 

1: to remove the stem from

2: to make a stem for (something, such as an artificial flower)

3: to occur or develop as a consequence : have or trace an origin

Origin: 1724 ;

 {see: |stem:1|stem:1} (of a plant);

[Verb]  | "stem" 

1: to stop or dam up (something, such as a river)

2: to stop or check by or as if by damming; especially : stanch

3: to turn (a ski) in stemming

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English stemmen to dam up, from Old Norse stemma; akin to Middle High German stemmen to dam up and probably to Lithuanian stumti to shove;

[Abbreviation]  | "STEM" | \ ˈstem \

1: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

[Verb]  | "stem" 

[Phrase]  | "from stem to stern"