nonstem

Not of or pertaining to a stem.

Adjective

  1. Not of or pertaining to a stem.
    • Peeling from the nonstem end is actually a bit easier and reduces the chance that those annoying, stringy fibers will stick to the banana. - 2007, Barry Nalebuff, Ian Ayres, Why not?, page 116:
    • “The possibility is that the nonstem cells in a tumor may regenerate de novo new stem cells,” said Robert Weinberg, a leading cancer biologist at M.I.T. and, a co-author with Dr. Lander of the Cell report. - 2009 August...

Origin

From non- + stem.