Meaning of "stem"

stem •

n.
• • 1. the main part of a plant above the ground which supports the other parts: katawan
  • 2. the part of a flower, fruit or leaf that joins it to the plant or tree: tangkay
  • 3. anything like the stem of a plant: manggo, hawakan, tangkay
  • 4. the root of a word: ugat ng salita

v.
• • 1. to stop, to check, to dam up: umampat, ampatin, sumugpo, sugpuin, magpatigil, patigilin
  • 2. to stem from, to come from: magmula, pagmulan, manggaling, panggalingan

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trunk

n.
• • 1. the main stem of a tree: puno, katawan
  • 2. a big box for holding clothes, etc.: baul, kaban
  • 3. a body without the head, arms and legs: katawan
  • 4. an elephants snout: nguso ng elepante

pear

n.
• • a sweet, juicy fruit rounded at one end and smaller toward the stem end: peras

tuber

n.
• • thick part of an underground stem: lamang-lupa

stalk

n.
• • 1. stem of a plant: tangkay
  • 2. any stemlike part: hawakan, manggo

rattan

n.
• • 1. a kind of palm with a very long stem: uway, yantok, palasan
  • 2. rattan work (weaving) or the part made with rattan: sulihiya

pitas

v.
• • pumitas (-um-) to pick mamitas, pitasin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to pick off (something) from a stem. Pitasin mo ang mga rosas. Pick the roses.

sanga

n.
• • stem, branch, twig