long-stemmed

[ lawng-stemd, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋˈstɛmd, ˈlɒŋ- /

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adjective

having a long stem or stems: long-stemmed roses.

long-legged and slender: long-stemmed chorus girls.

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Origin of long-stemmed

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby long-stemmed

longsome, Longs Peak, long splice, longspur, longstanding, long-stemmed, Longstreet, long-sufferance, long-suffering, long suit, long sweetening

How to use long-stemmed in a sentence

But most hosts wield long-stemmed microphones in their left hand and vote with their right.
Why Game-Show Hosts Vote Republican|Rebecca Dana|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
The long-stemmed pipe was reverently lifted from the sacred ground which is its resting-place.
Red Hunters And the Animal People|Charles A. Eastman
I used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

The host, in his old brown dressing-gown, sat with his slippered feet up on the table, and puffed at his long-stemmed pipe.
Dry Fish and Wet|Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
In one corner a group of dark foreign looking people in bright costumes sat smoking long-stemmed pipes and sipping tea.
Gypsy Flight|Roy J. Snell