pipestem

noun

1

: something like the stem of a tobacco pipe

specifically : a very thin arm or leg

2

: any of several slender-stemmed plants: such as

a

: fetterbush

b

or less commonly pipestem clematis : a clematis (Clematis lasiantha) of California

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