thick-stemmed

1. 1.

   having a thick stem

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Questions about thick-stemmed

What does thick-stemmed mean?

thick-stemmed means "having a thick stem".

How many syllables are in thick-stemmed?

thick-stemmed has 2 syllables and divides as thick--stemmed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is thick-stemmed a common word?

thick-stemmed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.