Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. Examples are the stem of a smoking pipe, stem of a cut flower, stem of a wine glass, etc. Uses of the term specific to certain fields are as follow: In botany, a stem is the above ground axis of a vascular plant. In music, a stem is part of the annotation used to write musical notes. In [[rock climbing], a stem is a move that involves two widely spaced holds. This is a disambiguation page — one that defines subjects and points to articles that share the same name. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.