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Stem vs. Trunk: Know the Difference

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Stem refers to the main structural element of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, and fruits, while a trunk specifically denotes the main woody stem of a tree.
Stem vs. Trunk

Key Differences

A stem is the main support structure of a plant and is responsible for transporting nutrients and water. It can be found in all plants. A trunk, however, is a specific type of stem found only in trees, characterized by its considerable thickness and height.
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Stems are generally slender and can be either woody or herbaceous, supporting leaves, flowers, and fruits. Trunks are distinctly thicker, woody, and provide the primary support for the entire tree, often with a bark-covered surface.
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The stem plays a critical role in photosynthesis, growth, and nutrient transport across various plant species. In contrast, the trunk's main function is to support the tree
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Stems vary widely among plant species, ranging from the delicate stems of flowers to the sturdy stems of shrubs. Trunks, being specific to trees, have adapted to support large structures and withstand environmental challenges like wind and weight of snow.
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Both stems and trunks are vital for plant survival but serve different roles. Stems are essential for the growth and development of all plants, while trunks are specialized structures evolved in trees for supporting large biomass and facilitating tall growth.
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Comparison Chart

Presence in Plants

Found in all plants, from grasses to trees.
Exclusive to trees.
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Structural Form

Can be woody or herbaceous, generally slender.
Always woody, thick, and robust.
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Primary Function

Supports leaves, flowers, and conducts nutrients.
Provides main support to a tree and stores nutrients.
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Growth Adaptation

Varied adaptations depending on plant type.
Adapted to support large tree structures.
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External Appearance

Can be green, flexible, and of varying lengths.
Characterized by thick, woody, bark-covered surface.
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Stem and Trunk Definitions

Stem

The main part of a word to which affixes are added.
In 'unhappiness', 'happi' is the stem.
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Trunk

The main woody stem of a tree.
The oak's trunk was thick and gnarled.
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Stem

The source or origin of a movement or development.
The stem of the revolution was in the people's discontent.
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Trunk

A large, sturdy box for storing or transporting belongings.
She packed her clothes in an old wooden trunk.
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Stem

A slender structure supporting or connecting parts.
The glasses broke at the stem.
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Trunk

The main part of the human or animal body, excluding limbs and head.
The swimmer's trunk was muscular and streamlined.
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Stem

The main ascending part of a plant; a stalk or trunk.
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Trunk

The storage compartment at the back of a car.
He stored the groceries in the car's trunk.
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Stem

A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower.
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Trunk

A main pathway in a communication or transport system.
The trunk line was essential for the telephone network.
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A banana stalk bearing several bunches of bananas.
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Trunk

The main woody axis of a tree.
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Stem

The tube of a tobacco pipe.
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Trunk

(Architecture) The shaft of a column.
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Stem

The slender upright support of a wineglass or goblet.
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Trunk

The body of a human or other vertebrate, excluding the head and limbs.
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The small projecting shaft with an expanded crown by which a watch is wound.
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Trunk

The thorax of an insect.
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Stem

The rounded rod in the center of certain locks about which the key fits and is turned.
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Trunk

A proboscis, especially the long prehensile proboscis of an elephant.
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Stem

The shaft of a feather or hair.
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Trunk

A main body, apart from tributaries or appendages.
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Stem

The upright stroke of a typeface or letter.
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Trunk

The main stem of a blood vessel or nerve apart from the branches.
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Stem

(Music) The vertical line extending from the head of a note.
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Trunk

A trunk line.
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Stem

The main line of descent of a family.
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Trunk

A chute or conduit.
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Stem

(Linguistics) The main part of a word to which affixes are added.
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Trunk

A watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
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Stem

(Nautical) The curved upright beam at the fore of a vessel into which the hull timbers are scarfed to form the prow.
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Trunk

The housing for the centerboard of a vessel.
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Stem

The tubular glass structure mounting the filament or electrodes in an incandescent bulb or vacuum tube.
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A covering over the hatches of a ship.
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Stem

To have or take origin or descent
Her success stems mostly from hard work.
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Trunk

An expansion chamber on a tanker.
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Stem

To remove the stem of
Stemmed the apples.
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Trunk

A cabin on a small boat.
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Stem

To provide with a stem
Wine glasses that are stemmed.
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Trunk

A covered compartment for luggage and storage, generally at the rear of an automobile.
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Stem

To make headway against (a tide or current, for example).
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Trunk

A large packing case or box that clasps shut, used as luggage or for storage.
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Stem

To stop or stanch (a flow)
Stemmed the bleeding.
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Trunk

Trunks Shorts worn for swimming or other athletics.
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Stem

To restrain or stop
Wanted to stem the growth of government.
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Trunk

Part of a body.
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Stem

To plug or tamp (a blast hole, for example).
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Trunk

The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
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Stem

(Sports) To turn (a ski, usually the uphill ski) by moving the heel outward.
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Trunk

The torso.
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Stem

To stem a ski or both skis, as in making a turn.
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Trunk

The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
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Stem

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
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Trunk

(heading) A container.
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Stem

A branch of a family.
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Trunk

A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
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Stem

An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
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Trunk

A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
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Stem

(botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
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Trunk

The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
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Stem

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
The stem of an apple or a cherry
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Trunk

(automotive) A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
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Stem

A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
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Trunk

(heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
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Stem

(linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
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Trunk

A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
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Stem

(slang) A person's leg.
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Trunk

A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
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Stem

(slang) The penis.
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Trunk

A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
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Stem

(typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
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(archaic) A long tube through which pellets of clay, peas, etc., are driven by the force of the breath. A peashooter
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Stem

(music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
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Trunk

(mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
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Stem

(music) A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
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Trunk

(software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
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Stem

(nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
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Trunk

The main line or body of anything.
The trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches
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Stem

(cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
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Trunk

(transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
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Stem

(anatomy) A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
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Trunk

(architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
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Stem

(slang) A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
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A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
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Stem

A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.
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Trunk

(in the plural) swimming trunks
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Stem

Alternative form of STEM
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Trunk

To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
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Stem

A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
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Trunk

To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.
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Stem

To remove the stem from.
To stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
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Trunk

(telecommunication) To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.
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Stem

To be caused or derived; to originate.
The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.
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Trunk

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
About the mossy trunk I wound me soon,For, high from ground, the branches would requireThy utmost reach.
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Stem

To descend in a family line.
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Trunk

The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
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Stem

To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
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Trunk

The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
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Stem

(obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
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Trunk

That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
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Stem

To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
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Trunk

That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
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Stem

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
To stem a tide
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Trunk

The proboscis of an elephant.
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Stem

(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
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Trunk

A long tube through which pellets of clay, p as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk.
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Stem

To gleam.
His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron].
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Trunk

A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
Locked up in chests and trunks.
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Stem

To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
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Trunk

A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
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Stem

To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
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Trunk

A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
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Stem

To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
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Trunk

A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
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Stem

To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Stemming nightly toward the pole.
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Trunk

To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
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Stem

A gleam of light; flame.
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Trunk

The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
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Stem

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.
After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in the trunk or the stem.
The lowering spring, with lavish rain,Beats down the slender stem and breaded grain.
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Trunk

Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
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Stem

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.
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Trunk

The body excluding the head and neck and limbs;
They moved their arms and legs and bodies
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Stem

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
While I do pray, learn here thy stemAnd true descent.
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Trunk

Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools;
He put his golf bag in the trunk
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Stem

A branch of a family.
This is a stemOf that victorious stock.
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Trunk

A long flexible snout as of an elephant
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Stem

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.
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Stem

Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years.
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Stem

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.
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Stem

That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
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The entire central axis of a feather.
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Stem

The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
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The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
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Stem

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Thematic vowels are part of the stem
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Stem

A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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Stem

Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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Stem

The tube of a tobacco pipe
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Front part of a vessel or aircraft;
He pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
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A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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Stem

Grow out of, have roots in, originate in;
The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
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Stem

Cause to point inward;
Stem your skis
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Stem

Stop the flow of a liquid;
Staunch the blood flow
Them the tide
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Stem

Remove the stem from;
For automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
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Stem

The main structural axis of a plant.
The rose's stem was covered in thorns.
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Stem

The starting point of something.
The stem of the problem lies in communication breakdown.
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What is a stem in botany?

A stem is the central part of a plant, supporting leaves, flowers, and fruits.
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What is the main function of a trunk?

The main function of a trunk is to support the tree structure and transport nutrients.
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Can stems perform photosynthesis?

Yes, certain green, herbaceous stems can perform photosynthesis.
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Are all stems woody?

No, stems can be either woody or herbaceous, depending on the plant.
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Is the trunk important for a tree's survival?

Yes, the trunk is crucial for supporting and nourishing a tree.
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What is the role of stems in plant reproduction?

Stems play a vital role in supporting reproductive structures like flowers.
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How does a trunk differ from a general stem?

A trunk is a specific type of stem found only in trees, larger and woodier than typical stems.
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What is a stem in linguistics?

In linguistics, a stem is the main part of a word to which affixes are added.
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Do all plants have trunks?

No, only trees have trunks.
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What does trunk mean in transportation?

In transportation, a trunk refers to the main storage compartment in a car.
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Do trunks change over time?

Yes, trunks grow thicker and taller as the tree ages.
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Is the trunk the oldest part of a tree?

The trunk's base is typically the oldest part of a tree.
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How do stems adapt in different plants?

Stems adapt in size, shape, and structure depending on the plant's needs.
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Can stems exist without leaves?

Yes, some stems, like cacti, exist without traditional leaves.
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Do all trunks have bark?

Yes, all tree trunks have bark, which protects the inner wood.
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How does stem structure vary in aquatic plants?

Aquatic plant stems are often flexible and buoyant to adapt to water.
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Can the word 'trunk' refer to a main line in communication systems?

Yes, 'trunk' can refer to a main line in communication or transport systems.
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Are tree trunks always straight?

No, tree trunks can be straight, curved, or irregularly shaped.
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Can the term 'stem' refer to a family lineage?

Yes, 'stem' can metaphorically refer to family lineage or ancestry.
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What is the significance of a trunk in elephant anatomy?

In elephants, the trunk is a crucial organ for breathing, smelling, and grasping.
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