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multistemmed

multistemmed adjective: having multiple stems.

Adjective

multistemmed (comparative more multistemmed, superlative most multistemmed)

  1. having multiple stems
    • A. Try looking for Pittosporum tobira, a multistemmed evergreen shrub that is widely planted outdoors in warm climates.2007 January 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times

Forms of multistemmed

comparativemore multistemmed
superlativemost multistemmed

Origin of multistemmed

From multi- + stemmed.

Questions about multistemmed

What does multistemmed mean?
Multistemmed means having multiple stems.
What part of speech is multistemmed?
Multistemmed is an adjective.

Words near multistemmed in the dictionary

  1. multistation
  2. multistationarity
  3. multistatus
  4. multistay
  5. multistem
  6. multistemmed
  7. multistep
  8. multistepped
  9. multistirrer
  10. multistirrers
  11. multistop

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