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Stalk

/stɔːk/

The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.

📖 Definitions of "Stalk"

noun

1
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
"a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp"
2
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
3
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
4
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
stemnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
husknoun	The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
chaffnoun	The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
shucknoun	The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
strawnoun	(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
stalkingnoun	The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury.
stubblenoun	(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
angry walknoun	a stiff or threatening gait
still huntnoun	a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
hauntverb	(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
husknoun	The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
shucknoun	The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
chaffnoun	The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
strawnoun	(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
stubblenoun	(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
hauntnoun	A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
stemnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
angry walknoun	a stiff or threatening gait
still huntnoun	a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
pedunclenoun	(botany) The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
pedicelnoun	(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
bolenoun	The trunk or stem of a tree.
canenoun	A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
badgernoun	Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
splintnoun	(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
huntnoun	The act of hunting.
probenoun	(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
downynoun	A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
piednoun	Initialism of pornography-induced erectile dysfunction.