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Definition of Stemlike
1. resembling a stem [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stemlike
Literary usage of Stemlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"The stemlike cells must be mitotically regulated, and in the case of cells from
solid ... If the agent initiates it must stably prevent a stemlike cell from ..."
2. How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants when Not in Flower by Means of by Maude Gridley Peterson (1914)
"The fruit differs from that of the Red Cedar in being borne on recurved stemlike
branches instead of on erect ones. The leaves are of two kinds, ..."
3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTech (1994)
"Stipe The flexible stemlike structure of seaweeds, such as kelp, that serves as
the shock absorber between the upper leafy parts of the plant and the ..."
4. The Ink-stain (Taché D'encre) by René Bazin (1910)
"After a time the blue quills, stemlike on the wings of the little tomtits, became
garnished with down. Fourteen little ones, squalling, ..."
5. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"Caespitose, gregarious, or scattered, narrowed into a short, stout, stemlike
base, rather fleshy, up to 1 line broad; disc orange-yellow; externally white, ..."
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