'Stemmed' definitions:
Definition of 'stemmed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long- stemmed roses" [ant: stemless]
adjective
(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground [syn: caulescent, cauline, stemmed] [ant: acaulescent, stemless]
adjective
Having the stem removed; "stemmed berries"
Definition of 'Stemmed'
From: GCIDE
- Stem \Stem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stemmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stemming.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. "An argosy to stem the waves." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Stemmed'
- Stem,
- Stemming,
- From stem to stern,
- Polyp stem,
- Stem leaf,
- Stem, NC,
- Valve stem,
- Voluble stem,
- blue stem,
- brain stem,
- onion stem,
- stem blight,
- stem canker,
- stem cell,
- stem ginger,
- stem lettuce,
- stem turn,
- stem vowel,
- stemming algorithm,
- Stem-clasping,
- Stem-winder,
- Stem-winding,
- brain-stem,
- cylindrical-stemmed,
- hematopoeitic stem cell,
- leafy-stemmed,
- multi-stemmed,
- short-stemmed,
- spiny-stemmed,
- stout-stemmed,
- thick-stemmed,
- weak-stemmed,
- wiry-stemmed,
- woody-stemmed,
- woolly-stemmed,
- black-stem spleenwort,
- black-stemmed spleenwort,
- crooked-stemmed aster,
- purple-stemmed aster,
- rough-stemmed goldenrod,
- stem-cell research,
- white-stemmed filaree,
- embryonic stem-cell research