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Cauliculus :: Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian..

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun..

Edriophthalma :: Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Podophyllin :: Podophyllin (n.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

Haum :: Haum (n.) See Haulm, stalk..

Pieplant :: Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb..

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

Belted :: Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk..

Arborescent :: Arborescent (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

Pedunculata :: Pedunculata (n. pl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Bent :: Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into hands; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant..

Gomuti :: Gomuti (n.) A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo..

Ensilage :: Ensilage (v. t.) To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks..

Stippled :: Stipitiform (a.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Deerstalker :: Deerstalker (n.) One who practices deerstalking.

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