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Word entry · 4 letters

stem

Best crossword clue

"Flower's support"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /stɛm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted emstStarts with SEnds with M2 cluesVery common crossword word
1S2T3E4M

Definitions

  1. remove the stem from

Word origin

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

Used in a sentence

  • Where ye may all that are of noble ſtemm / Approach, and kiſs her ſacred veſtures hemm.
  • While I do pray, learn here thy stem / And true descent.
  • This is a stem / Of that victorious stock.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Flower's support4 letters
02Plant stalk4 letters

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