Definitions
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- adjective colloq. Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.
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- adjective Resembling, or characterised by,
stems .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sacked alfalfa meal or pellets are usually less expensive (and being "stemmy," have a slightly higher C/N) than leafy, best-quality baled alfalfa hay.
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Floundered on a 5.8 I have sailed up before, but then nailed the next one and got a new one in the corner/in the chimney, a balancy stemmy route that's all opposition, and which includes some freaking cheerleader splits at the top.
ain't no rest for the wicked, until we close our eyes at last
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So I thumped it down in round buns and put on the dried blueberries, and lordy, I have never seen such stemmy dried blueberries.
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I can speak to the accuracy of that, but there is a definite aquatic freshness to the scent, as well as stemmy green-ness and discernible grapefruit at the beginning.
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I can speak to the accuracy of that, but there is a definite aquatic freshness to the scent, as well as stemmy green-ness and discernible grapefruit at the beginning.
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The rose weaves in and out, becoming more or less rosey as the stemmy sandalwood and thorny marjoram comes to and fro.
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The rose weaves in and out, becoming more or less rosey as the stemmy sandalwood and thorny marjoram comes to and fro.
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I luks into teh crystal snoglobe awl glowing spookly-lyke nd I seez that yu haz grate sukkess wif teh stemmy sells nd treetment.
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The overall effect is big tuberose, but of course if one smells the fresh flowers, they are much more akin to Carnal Flower with its green and stemmy opening.
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While my mouth was set for a fruitbomb, instead I got black fruits, a touch of tar, and a slightly green and stemmy note in the aftertaste followed quickly by catch of rose petals in the back of the throat.
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