Definition of "stemmed" []

• Having the stems removed. (adjective)
• Provided with a stem or a specific type of stem. Often used in combination: stemmed goblets; long-stemmed roses. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Apparently the sensitivity to the possible use of the term stemmed from a notion that dumb-ass is a mild vulgarism referring to the posterior."
• "His alias stemmed from the chalk-outlined barefoot prints left behind at some crime scenes."
• "Her title stemmed from the fact she had been queen before Henry was born while acknowledging she was mother of the current monarch."