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The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
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The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
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An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
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A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
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The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
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A part of the plant that supports something else.
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n. (probably from Dan. stilk; Sw. stjelk; Icel. stilker, a stalk) the stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the leaves, flowers, and fruit. Any lengthened support on which an organ grows, as the petiole of a leaf or the peduncle of a flower.
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1) the main stem or axis of a plant 2) a lengthened part of a plant on which an organ grows or is supported, as the petiole of a leaf, etc.
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The stem supporting the leaf, flower, or flower cluster.
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The primary stem of an entire tobacco plant. The position or location of a tobacco leaf on the stalk is one indicator of its quality.
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A short supporting axis of a plant, as between a stem and the base of a leaf, as between the root crown and the point where multiple branches diverge. Often used as equivalent of axis or branch or stem.
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Stem-like organ joining a leaf , flower, flowerhead or inflorescence to the stem of a plant.
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material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
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a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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The stem or petiole or leaf, flower or other plant organ.
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The large central stem of a leaf.
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A support which connects a leaf or a bud to a twig
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Tige Stiel, m Tallo A short, supporting axis.
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A leaf's petiole; the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf and attaches it to a larger stem of the plant.
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The green part of the vine that supports the grapes.
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A stem or similar structure that supports a flower, flower cluster, or a leaf.
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The stem of a plant that supports the leaves, flowers, or fruit
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The supporting structure for a leaf or flower.
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the stem of a leaf, flower or moss capsule.
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A stem or main support of a smaller plant. (Ex. Flower)
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a supporting structure of a leaf, flower, or fruit.
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Tall stiff stem that terminates in flowers.
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A stem. Usually refers to the pituitary stalk that connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.
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on a male flower, the portion of the stamen that supports the anther.
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The narrow part of a leaf joining the blade to the plant-stem; also called the petiole.
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Woody or green part of the vine that supports the grapes.
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