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Suctoria :: Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked..

Cornbind :: Cornbind (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus..

Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..

Flax :: Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed..

Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..

Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..

Haystalk :: Haystalk (n.) A stalk of hay.

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..

Stem :: Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple..

Hair :: Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)..

Stalker :: Stalked (a.) Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.

Stipitate :: Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Podosperm :: Podosperm (n.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.

Shank :: Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..

Podophthalmia :: Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda..

Petiolated :: Petiolated (a.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera..

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