Definition of stalk

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

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Gout :: Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Bent :: Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass..
Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Umbel :: Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule..
Haystalk :: Haystalk (n.) A stalk of hay.
Chard :: Chard (n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks..
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..
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.
Stalk :: Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stal.
Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..
Gemmation :: Gemmation (n.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Belted :: Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk..
Angelica :: Angelica (n.) The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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..
Edriophthalma :: Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks..
Verruculose :: Verruculose (a.) Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk..
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