n. 1 trunk, stalk, stock; Technical peduncle, pedicel, petiole, shoot Three white blossoms are borne on each stem of the plant 2 bows, prow, stem-post The ship shook from stem to stern
v. 3 come, arise, develop, derive, issue, flow, generate, originate, spring, emanate, sprout, grow, descend, result, proceed The dispute stems from basic differences in the ways the parties regard property