Stemmed
[stemd] or [stɛmd]
Definition
(adj.) having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; 'stemmed goblets'; 'long-stemmed roses' .
(adj.) having the stem removed; 'stemmed berries' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Stem
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Examples
- Many of these plants took the form of huge-stemmed trees, of which great multitudes of trunks survive fossilized to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sadly and slowly I stemmed my course from among the heaps of slain, and, guided by the twinkling lights of the town, at length reached Rodosto. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Picturesque Arabs sat upon the ground, in groups, and solemnly smoked their long-stemmed chibouks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Venn moved his elbow towards a hollow in which a dense brake of purple-stemmed brambles had grown to such vast dimensions as almost to form a dell. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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