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

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..

Bract :: Bract (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower..

Whipstalk :: Whipstalk (n.) A whipstock.

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..

Pedunculata :: Pedunculata (n. pl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles..

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

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.

Bract :: Bract (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises..

Foliate :: Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk..

Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

Cauliflower :: Cauliflower (n.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable..

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

Ebracteolate :: Ebracteolate (a.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk..

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..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

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

Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.

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