Definition of stalk

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Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun..

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Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
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..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter..
Bay :: Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks..
Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Lepidodendron :: Lepidodendron (n.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill..
Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..
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..
Leafstalk :: Leafstalk (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Pieplant :: Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat..
Spindling :: Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment..
Secund :: Secund (a.) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk..
Stipitate :: Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into hands; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)..
Stubbled :: Stubble (n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle..
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