Definitions
supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
Word origin
From French stipe, from Latin stīpes (“a stock, post, branch”).
Used in a sentence
“Habitually, the phosphorescence is distributed in an unequal manner upon the stipe, and the same upon the gills.”
“The stipes or bare portion of the frond is, as a rule, about the same length as the leafy portion.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Mushroom stalk”5 letters
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