STEMLESS

acaulescent, stemless

(adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground

stemless

(adjective) not having a stem; “stemless glassware”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

stemless (not comparable)

Lacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed.

If long-stemmed roses are so popular, are stemless roses cheap?

Source: Wiktionary


Stem"less, a.

Definition: Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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