Cherry discards (5)

I believe the answer is:

stems

(Other definitions for stems that I've seen before include "Structures that support plants" , "things growing?" , "Stops" , "Dams" , "gets arrested?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal and The Wall Street Journal.

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