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Perichaeth :: Perichaeth (n.) The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..

Stippled :: Stipitiform (a.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Stripling :: Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun..

Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation..

Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf..

Lepidodendron :: Lepidodendron (n.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks..

Gout :: Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn..

Gomuti :: Gomuti (n.) A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo..

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..

Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Slender :: Slender (superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant..

Straw :: Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease..

Pentacrinus :: Pentacrinus (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere..

Podophyllin :: Podophyllin (n.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

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..

Stale :: Stale (v. t.) A stalking-horse.

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

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