Definition of stalk

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

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Stalk-eyed :: Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.
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.
Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Suctoria :: Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked..
Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..
Secund :: Secund (a.) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk..
Foliate :: Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk..
Podosperm :: Podosperm (n.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..
Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk of a pistil.
Stipitate :: Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.
Somatic :: Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo..
Endogenous :: Endogenous (a.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Bract :: Bract (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower..
Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
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