English Dictionary

Alt. of
Source : opted (149025)  - auto

Alt. of
Source : opted (149027)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (149029)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (149030)  - auto

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
Source : opted (149031)  - auto

A branch of a family.
Source : opted (149032)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (149033)  - auto

Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Source : opted (149034)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (149035)  - auto

That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
Source : opted (149036)  - auto