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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. 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. 2

    The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

  3. 3

    Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

  4. 4

    An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

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