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Humanities' counterpart, briefly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stem

(Other definitions for stem that I've seen before include "Shoot; arrest" , "Stalk; restrict (a flow)" , "Originate (from)" , "branch of family" , "'Stalk, shank (4)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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