Definition of stalk

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

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Gemmation :: Gemmation (n.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud..
Truss :: Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants..
Cormus :: Cormus (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached..
Carl :: Carl (n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..
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..
Podophthalmia :: Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda..
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.
Stem :: Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached..
Monopodial :: Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..
Shank :: Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..
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..
Perichaeth :: Perichaeth (n.) The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..
Peronate :: Peronate (a.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.
Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.
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