Definition of Stem turn

1. Noun. A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it.

Exact synonyms: Stem
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turning
Derivative terms: Stem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stem Turn

stem-cell research
stem-winder
stem and leaf
stem blight
stem canker
stem cell
stem cells
stem family
stem ginger
stem lettuce
stem node
stem stitch
stem the tide
stem turn (current term)
stem vowel
stemarene
stembok
stemboks
stembuck
stembucks
stemcell
stemcells
steme
stemed
stemes
steming
stemless
stemless carline thistle

Literary usage of Stem turn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Sap-tubes in leaves and stem turn black and the leaves drop, thus preventing heading. Control.—Destroy affected seedlings. Lime the soil at least eighteen ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGardening (1852)
"In a few days the berry and stem turn bluck and crisp. When the grapes become larger. they appear to be better able to resist the influence of mildew, ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGardening (1852)
"In a few days the berry and stem turn black and crisp. When the grapes become larger, they appear to be better able to resist the influence of mildew, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1883)
"... in the direction of the differentiation of the constituents of each Xylem bundle would in pausing from root to stem turn through two right angles. ..."

5. The Public School Latin Primer by Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1866)
"By adding to the Stem or Clipt stem turn, sometimes í-tum, and a change of letters often takes place : as, ..."

6. The Public School Latin Primer: Edited with the Sanction of the Head Masters by Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1882)
"By adding to the Stem or Clipt stem turn, sometimes i-tum, and a change of letters often takes place ..."

7. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... or from right to left, like the convolve- lus and French bean ; nor can any art or force make a twining stem turn contrary to its nu'.nnl direction. ..."

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