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🌱 A plant tube 🚬 Pipe's long part
pipestem

pipestem

7.2
A long thin plant stem used as a simple tube or whistle
  • noun
translation icon : tallo
  • The children crafted a whistle from a pipestem they found in the field.

Examples

  • A dried pipestem can be used as a simple straw or musical instrument.

  • The pipestem was used to create a simple musical instrument.

  • He used a long pipestem as the handle for his homemade pipe.

  • Look at that pipestem!

  • The children crafted a whistle from a pipestem they found in the field.

  • He used a long pipestem as the handle for his homemade pipe.

  • A dried pipestem can be used as a simple straw or musical instrument.

Synonyms

stem
vspipestem
126 1.6

A long thin part that supports a plant or a pipe

is more specific, used as a tube, whistle, or resembling a pipe
stalk
vspipestem
35 1.8

The long thin main stem that supports a plant's flower or leaf

focuses on tube or whistle use and pipe likeness rather than general plant support

Compounds

pipestem clematis
  • US
8.7

A climbing vine from California with thin woody stems and showy flowers

How Thin

reed
29 1.9
pipestem
7.2
stalk
35 1.8
stem
126 1.6
branch
243 1.0

Surface Forms

pipestem singular
pipestems plural

Morphology

pipestem = pipe + stem (semi-transparent) = pipe + stem

While the components 'pipe' and 'stem' are clear, the specific usage as a long, thin plant stem is a metaphorical extension.

Etymology

Pipestem comes from the simple parts pipe, meaning 'tube', and stem, meaning 'plant stalk'. It names a long, thin plant stem that can be used as a tube or whistle, so it is a 'stem' that works like a 'pipe'.