Stem or STEM may refer to: Plant structures Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushroom under the cap Stem (vine), part of a grapevine Trunk (botany), the woody stem of a tree Education Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), a broad term used in curricula and policy STEM.org, an educational publisher and service Stem, a multiple choice question lede (excluding the options) Language and writing Word stem, the part of a word common to all its inflected variants Stemming, a process in natural language processing Stem (typography), the main vertical stroke of a letter Stem (music), a part of a written musical note Man-made objects Stem (ship), the upright member mounted on the forward end of a vessel's keel, to which the strakes are attached Stem (bicycle part), connects the handlebars to the steer tube of a bicycle fork Stem (glass), the stem of a drinking glass Stem, part of a watch Crack stem, a device for smoking crack cocain Music and audio Stem (audio), a collection of audio sources mixed together to be dealt with downstream as one unit Stem (music), a part of a written musical note Stem mixing and mastering, a method of mixing audio material The Stems, an Australian garage rock/power pop group from the 1980s Songs "Stem", a song by Canadian musician Hayden from the 1995 album Everything I Long For "Stem" (DJ Shadow song), a song by DJ Shadow from the 1996 album Endtroducing..... "Stem", a song by American industrial metal band Static-X from the 1999 album Wisconsin Death Trip "Stem" (Ringo Sheena song), a song by Ringo Sheena from the 2003 album Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", a former national anthem of South Africa, used during the apartheid era Outdoor recreation Stem (skiing), a technique in skiing Stem, a term in climbing Science and technology Stem cell, an undifferentiated biological cell that can differentiate into specialized cells Stem group, of a clade (in biological classification), consists of extinct organisms more closely related to the crown group than to any other extant clade Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a grouping of academic disciplines capitalized as STEM Scanning transmission electron microscopy, a type of microscopy Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler, software developed by IBM Stem, part of a