Definition of stalk

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Stalk (n.) 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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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..
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..
Bent :: Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill..
Lepadoid :: Lepadoid (n.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively..
Stillicide :: Still-hunt (n.) A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation..
Monopodial :: Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk..
Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..
Leafstalk :: Leafstalk (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern..
Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..
Ensilage :: Ensilage (v. t.) To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant..
Stalker :: Stalked (a.) Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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