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- adjective having a short stem
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Examples
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To replace the “appletini” centerpieces, I used translucent lamps surrounded by short-stemmed white roses and orchids on the round dining tables.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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To replace the “appletini” centerpieces, I used translucent lamps surrounded by short-stemmed white roses and orchids on the round dining tables.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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Since the city folk plucked those with the longest stems and biggest bowls, and since it is the law of kind to procreate kind, the long-stemmed, big-bowled poppies failed to go to:, seed, and a stunted, short-stemmed variety remained to the hills.
The Golden Poppy 2010
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She also laces into Queen Victoria's ghastly imperial menus ("O is for Ostentation") and the provincial tediousness of fruit cup, a "short-stemmed glass filled with a seemingly patented and changeless mixture of overcooked tinned fruits" ("I Is For Innocence").
The Romantical She Amy Finnerty 2011
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Clumps of Brilliancy and the short-stemmed double Van Sion survive along the course of a proposed railway between Callington and Saltash.
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To replace the “appletini” centerpieces, I used translucent lamps surrounded by short-stemmed white roses and orchids on the round dining tables.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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And not only was it stunted and short-stemmed, but sparsely distributed as well.
The Golden Poppy 2010
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He upended the takeaway carton—a glutinous mass of noodles, water chestnuts, and pallid chicken pieces—onto a plate and left it steaming weakly while he grabbed a bottle of Navarra from the counter top, uncorked it, and filled a small, short-stemmed glass.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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To replace the “appletini” centerpieces, I used translucent lamps surrounded by short-stemmed white roses and orchids on the round dining tables.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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He eyed Duncan knowingly as his long tongue lapped liquor from a wide-mouthed, short-stemmed glass.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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