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Stalk

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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Narrower term 32

Axis 76% connected

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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Bole 76% connected

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

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Bran 76% connected

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of…

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Bulb 76% connected

A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partiall…

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Cane 76% connected

A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.

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Carpophore 76% connected

A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

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Caudex 76% connected

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

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Cladophyll 76% connected

A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

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Corm 76% connected

A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

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Cornstalk 76% connected

A stalk of Indian corn.

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Culm 76% connected

The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

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Cutting 76% connected

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Deerstalking 76% connected

The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

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Filament 76% connected

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

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Funicle 76% connected

A small cord, ligature, or fiber.

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Funiculus 76% connected

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of wh…

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Gynophore 76% connected

The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.

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Halm 76% connected

Same as Haulm.

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Haulm 76% connected

The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

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Leafstalk 76% connected

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

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Petiole 76% connected

A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

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Petiolule 76% connected

A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

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Rhizome 76% connected

A rootstock. See Rootstock.

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Rootstock 76% connected

A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.

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Scape 76% connected

A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Sporangiophore 76% connected

The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.

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Stipe 76% connected

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Trunk 76% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Tuber 76% connected

A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.

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Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Following 76% connected

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Gait 76% connected

A going; a walk; a march; a way.

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Hunting 76% connected

of Hunt

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Pursual 76% connected

The act of pursuit.

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Pursue 76% connected

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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Pursuit 76% connected

The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the…

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Derivationally related 4

Stalker 74% connected

One who stalks.

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Stalker 74% connected

One who stalks.

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Component part 3

Internode 70% connected

The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.

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Node 70% connected

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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Receptacle 70% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

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Synonym 8

Chaff 92% connected

The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

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Haunt 92% connected

To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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Husk 92% connected

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears…

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Shuck 92% connected

A shock of grain.

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Stalking 92% connected

of Stalk

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Stem 92% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Straw 92% connected

To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

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Stubble 92% connected

The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

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