The word "stem" demonstrates a remarkable versatility in literary language, shifting easily between concrete and abstract meanings. In botanical and descriptive prose, it often denotes the physical support of a plant, as seen in vivid portrayals of delicate petals and rigid branches that anchor a blossom [1], or in the precise characterizations of a tree’s structure [2]. At the same time, it functions metaphorically to evoke resistance or a point of origin, as when characters strive to "stem the tide" of overwhelming forces [3, 4]. In more technical or academic writings, particularly in discussions of language and morphology, "stem" refers to the root or base element of a word that serves as the foundation for further inflections and derivations [5, 6, 7]. Thus, whether illuminating the natural world or dissecting the building blocks of language, the term "stem" plays a central role in conveying both physical form and conceptual underpinnings.