Definition of stalk

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Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

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Stillicide :: Still-hunt (n.) A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk of a pistil.
Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Gemmation :: Gemmation (n.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud..
Podosperm :: Podosperm (n.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Podocephalous :: Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk..
Foliate :: Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk..
Pentacrinus :: Pentacrinus (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere..
Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..
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..
Stalkless :: Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Stalk :: Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stal.
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..
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..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
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