stemless

adj

stemless

adj

Etymology From stem + -less.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Lacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed.

  • If long-stemmed roses are so popular, are stemless roses cheap?
  • The stemless notes could have been cast on a body as short as 4 mm but were probably cast on bodies of the standard 14 mm size for ease of composition.1992, Mary Kay Duggan, Italian Music Incunabula: Printers and Type, page 99:
Derived terms
stemless gentian, stemlessness, stemless thistle

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