Definition of stalk

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Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

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Chard :: Chard (n.) The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use..
Angelica :: Angelica (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Deerstalker :: Deerstalker (n.) One who practices deerstalking.
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..
Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..
Lepadoid :: Lepadoid (n.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively..
Floscularian :: Floscularian (n.) One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk..
Podophthalmous :: Podophthalmous (a.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels..
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..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Sessile :: Sessile (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom..
Carl :: Carl (n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.
Chard :: Chard (n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks..
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..
Angelica :: Angelica (n.) The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
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..
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