Definition of Stemless

1. Adjective. Not having a stem. "Stemless glassware"

Similar to: Stemmed
Antonyms: Stemmed

2. Adjective. (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground.
Exact synonyms: Acaulescent
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Antonyms: Caulescent

Definition of Stemless

1. a. Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.

Definition of Stemless

1. Adjective. Lacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stemless

1. having no stem [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stemless

stem the tide
stem turn
stem vowel
stemarene
stembok
stemboks
stembuck
stembucks
stemcell
stemcells
steme
stemed
stemes
steming
stemless (current term)
stemless carline thistle
stemless daisy
stemless golden weed
stemless hymenoxys
stemlet
stemlets
stemlike
stemline
stemlines
stemma
stemmas
stemmata
stemmatic
stemmatics

Literary usage of Stemless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Red-figure Pottery by Sharon Herbert (1977)
"What is left of the glaze looks as J. stemless CUPS 171-180 if it might have been good at one time. Identical in technique to 170. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"It is a stemless pineapple-like plant, with 30—40 rigid lanceolate Ivs. in a ... stemless, with 1 or more spreading radical Ivs. or rarely with a st. and ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"stemless : Ivs. about 20, with a pale band down the center; teeth widely separated, ... stemless or nearly so: Ivs. 150-200, linear from a wide base, ..."

4. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"1107- stemless, incorporated, somewhat downy. Bolt. Salt. 125—Mich. 54. ord. 37. S. Crust none. Spherules minute, globular, covered with a snowy down, ..."

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