Usually means: Embroidery technique using diagonal stitches.
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  1. stem stitch: Merriam-Webster
  2. stem stitch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stem-stitch: Wordnik
  4. stem stitch: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (stem stitch)

noun:  An embroidery stitch, derived from backstitch, in which each stitch overlaps the previous stitch to one side, forming a twisted line of stitching, with the thread passing below the needle.

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