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adj. - Resembling a stalk

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  • You noticed their big floppy hats, which, with their skinny stemlike bodies, gave them the aspect of decorative flowers.
  • Her stemlike legs were enveloped in sheer black tights topped by hip-hugger bikini briefs — an outfit purchased at the ultra-mod boutique Paraphernalia.
  • In a small box, there were three of these wooden cookie molds, each one nearly completely different in shape and design except for its long, stemlike handle.
  • It was grueling work for the collectors: twelve hours a day scouring the hillsides for the slim, 2-centimeter stemlike protuberance that is all of the fruit that sticks...
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