stemmyadj.
/ˈstɛmi/ 1. Having long bare stems.
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stalky1552
stemmy1552
stemmed1576
haulmy1669
cauliferous1708
stalked1731
caulescent1785
scapigerous1859
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Stalkye or stemmye herbes which be no trees and yet growe in height.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 299 Letting the principal members of your group be tall and stemmy.
1865 Reader No. 122. 477/3 Stemmy herbage and productive trees.
2. Of a root: Long and slender like a stem.
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the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root
tuberous1668
stemmy1728
radical1753
radicous?1764
radicellar1819
rhizoid1859
rhizomatic1864
rhizomic1898
rooty1905
stocky1915
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Root Cauliformes, i.e. Stemmy or Stalky, which shoot down deep directly, though often sending out Fibres and Strings from the great Stem.
3. Containing stems.
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stemmy1863
1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 i. 134 The larger stemmy and leafy portions were thus separated.
1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 182 ‘Dusty’ and ‘stemmy’ teas in particular.
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