[f. STEM v.4 + -ED1.] Of tobacco leaf: Stripped of its stem.
1844. Rep. Sel. Comm. Tobacco Trade, Min. Evid., 234. As stemmed tobacco is only used for this country, if, [etc.].
1883. Killebrew, Rep. Tobacco U.S., 19. The larger consumption was of strips or stemmed tobacco.
