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stemmed

[ US /ˈstɛmd/ ]
[ UK /stˈɛmd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having the stem removed
    stemmed berries
  2. having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination
    long-stemmed roses
    stemmed goblets
  3. (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground

How To Use stemmed In A Sentence

  • Woody stemmed plants, like Buddleia and plants that ooze sap, like Asclepias, should be cut and placed in hot water.
  • The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
  • Clyde's request stemmed from either a headache or a sudden phobia, he wasn't sure which. DO NO HARM
  • The balsam impatiens usually grows as a two- or three-stemmed plant to a height of 2 1/2 feet, with white to dark red flowers tucked into the leaf axils, where they tend to be overshadowed by leaves.
  • Those concerns have not stemmed the tide of nationalistic sentiment. Times, Sunday Times
  • Skirt a purple artichoke with a ruff of silvery artemisia, or mix some ruby-stemmed, fat-leafed rhubarb into a garden bed and you're creating combinations as artful as any in the most ornamental of borders. Valerie Easton: Are Your Vegetables Multi-Tasking??
  • Much of this controversy stemmed from the argument of mechanism versus vitalism.
  • Furthermore, the thick blade and sinuous edges found on most contracting - stemmed bifaces produces a rough cut that is far less clean than slices easily produced on the same materials by unworked flakes.
  • Shake with ice and strain into stemmed glasses. Times, Sunday Times
  • long-stemmed roses
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