Usually means: Primary central stem of plant.
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  1. main stem: Merriam-Webster
  2. main stem: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  3. main stem: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. main stem: Dictionary.com
  5. Main Stem (album), Main Stem, Main stem: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. main stem: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Main stem)

▸ noun:  In hydrology, a main stem or mainstem (also known as a trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".
▸ noun:  "Main Stem" is 1942 instrumental by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra.
▸ noun:  an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson with trumpeter Joe Newman.
▸ noun:  A main stem is the final large channel of a riverine system.


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