plural of stem family

A disease of cabbage, cauliflower, and related plants that is caused by a fungus, Rhizoctonia solani.

(phylogenetics) A paraphyletic group consisting of an ancestor and all its descendants, excluding the living representatives of a collection of species.

(genetics) A short length of intramolecularly bonded single-stranded DNA or RNA

The Call of South Africa

The fine stem of a wine glass pulled out from the material of the bowl, instead of being attached separately. / A wine glass having this kind of stem.

plural of stem mammal

Synonym of synapsid

plural of stem-loop

(transitive, nautical, obsolete) To ram with a ship.