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stemmy

stemmy adjective: resembling, or characterised by, stems.

Adjective

stemmy (comparative stemmier, superlative stemmiest)

  1. Resembling, or characterised by, stems.
    • a stemmy plant

Forms of stemmy

comparativestemmier
superlativestemmiest

Origin of stemmy

From stem + -y.

Words formed from stemmy

Words that rhyme with stemmy

Questions about stemmy

What does stemmy mean?
Stemmy means resembling, or characterised by, stems.
What part of speech is stemmy?
Stemmy is an adjective.

Words near stemmy in the dictionary

  1. stemming the tide
  2. stemmings
  3. Stemmler
  4. Stemmlers
  5. Stemms
  6. stemmy
  7. stemness
  8. stemnesses
  9. stemomastoid
  10. stemona
  11. stemonaceous

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