Definition of stalk

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Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step..

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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..
Leafstalk :: Leafstalk (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Ensilage :: Ensilage (n.) The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder..
Bract :: Bract (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Floscularian :: Floscularian (n.) One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk..
Chard :: Chard (n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks..
Stripling :: Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
Podophthalmite :: Podophthalmite (n.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..
Podophthalmous :: Podophthalmous (a.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels..
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.
Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern..
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp..
Canaliculated :: Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat..
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-eyed :: Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.
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