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Ophthalmite :: Ophthalmite (n.) An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.

Budding :: Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea..

Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn..

Chard :: Chard (n.) The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use..

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..

Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

Sessile-eyed :: Sessile-eyed (a.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..

Podosperm :: Podosperm (n.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..

Stale :: Stale (v. t.) A stalking-horse.

Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf..

Podetium :: Podetium (n.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss..

Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter..

Hair :: Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)..

Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..

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

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

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