Meanings
comparative more stemless · superlative most stemless
- biologyLacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed.
If long-stemmed roses are so popular, are stemless roses cheap?
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of plants) having no apparent stem above ground
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂mn̥
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂mnís
- Proto-Germanic*stamniz
- Proto-West Germanic*stamni
- Old Englishstemn
- Middle Englishstemme
- Englishstem
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishstemless
Translations
Greek άκαυλος
- άκαυλος (ákavlos)Translations
Polish bezogonkowy
- bezogonkowyTranslations
Cite this entry
stemless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stemless
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