main stem
noun
: a main trunk or channel: such as
a
: the main course of a river or stream
b
: the main street of a city or town
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The wood in a branch stub won't heal as effectively as the wood right next to a main stem.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
To clone your tomato plant, remove shoots that grow in the crotches between between main stems and side shoots.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
When To Harvest Parsley Wait until there are five to 10 main stems to begin harvesting from a parsley plant.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Funds required for main stem improvements on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers, excluding channel and tributary improvements, is $6.4 billion.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
To clone your tomato plant, remove shoots that grow in the crotches between between main stems and side shoots.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
When To Harvest Parsley Wait until there are five to 10 main stems to begin harvesting from a parsley plant.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Funds required for main stem improvements on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers, excluding channel and tributary improvements, is $6.4 billion.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Main stem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20stem. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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