stem glass
1stem — Ⅰ. stem [1] ► NOUN 1) the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub. 2) the stalk supporting a fruit, flower, or leaf. 3) a long, thin supportive or main section of something, such as that of a wine glass or tobacco pipe. 4) a rod or cylinder in a… …
2stem — [stem] noun [C] I 1) the long part of a plant from which the leaves and flowers grow 2) the long thin part of a wine glass that joins the bowl to the base II verb [T] stem [stem] to stop something from spreading or increasing • stem from sth …
3Stem — Stem, Steem Steem, v. i. To gleam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
4Glass-rope — n. (Zo[ o]l.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus {Hyalonema}, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. [1913 Webster] …
5glass|rope — «GLAS ROHP, GLAHS », noun. the twisted, glasslike stem of a glass sponge …
6stem — stem1 stemless, adj. stemlike, adj. /stem/, n., v., stemmed, stemming. n. 1. the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis. 2. the stalk that supports… …
7Stem cell line — A stem cell line is a family of constantly dividing cells, the product of a single parent group of stem cells. They are obtained from human or animal tissues and can replicate for long periods of time in vitro ( within glass ; or, commonly, in… …
8stem — stem1 [stem] n ↑leaf, ↑petal, ↑stem, ↑stalk [: Old English; Origin: stefn, stemn] 1.) the long thin part of a plant, from which leaves, flowers, or fruit grow = ↑stalk 2.) the long thin part of a wine glass, ↑vase etc, between the base and the… …
9stem — [[t]ste̱m[/t]] ♦♦♦ stems, stemming, stemmed 1) VERB If a condition or problem stems from something, it was caused originally by that thing. [V from n] All my problems stem from drink... [V from n] Much of the instability stems from the economic… …
10Glass harmonica — The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, or simply armonica (derived from armonia , the Italian word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to …
