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long-stemmed
[ lawng-stemd, long- ]
adjective
- having a long stem or stems:
long-stemmed roses.
- long-legged and slender:
long-stemmed chorus girls.
Word History and Origins
Origin of long-stemmed1
Example Sentences
But most hosts wield long-stemmed microphones in their left hand and vote with their right.
As it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.
The long-stemmed pipe was reverently lifted from the sacred ground which is its resting-place.
I used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.
The host, in his old brown dressing-gown, sat with his slippered feet up on the table, and puffed at his long-stemmed pipe.
In one corner a group of dark foreign looking people in bright costumes sat smoking long-stemmed pipes and sipping tea.
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