1. the long hollow tubes of smoking pipes, connecting the bowl to the mouthpiece
2. the thin stems or stalks of plants
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The antique shop displayed several ornate pipestems made of carved wood.
• He collected the broken pipestems to repair his grandfather’s old pipes.
• The delicate pipestems of the wildflowers swayed in the breeze.
• She carefully cleaned the pipestems before reassembling the smoking pipes.
• The botanist examined the thin pipestems under a magnifying glass.
• Several pipestems were cracked and needed replacement.
• The garden was full of plants with slender pipestems reaching toward the sun.