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The skinny green middlemen between dirt and glory, holding plants upright on pure ambition.
means The main supporting structure of a plant that transports water and nutrients between roots and leaves; also any narrow vertical part resembling one.
from From Old English stemn, the trunk of a tree, kin to standing — because a stem's entire job is staying upright.
Hidden plumbingStems carry water up, sugar down, simultaneously.
Disguised stemsPotatoes are swollen stems, not roots.
Slang stemsLong legs, since at least the 1920s.