substem
Syllables: sub·stem/ˈsʌb.stɛm/
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Australia/ˈsɐb.stem/
substem noun: one of several plant stems splitting off from a main stem.
Noun
substem (plural substems)
- One of several plant stems splitting off from a main stem.
- Part of a stem.
- Similarly, Polish (Dancygier 2000) uses three interacting substems to express spatial information:[…]2007, chapter 28.3, in Dirk Geeraerts, Hubert Cuyckens, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 737
Forms of substem
| plural | substems |
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Origin of substem
From sub- + stem.
Questions about substem
- What does substem mean?
- Substem means one of several plant stems splitting off from a main stem.
- What part of speech is substem?
- Substem is a noun.
- How do you pronounce substem?
- Substem is pronounced /ˈsʌb.stɛm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of substem?
- The plural of substem is substems.
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