1. Noun
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
2. Noun
The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
3. Noun
The shaft of a column.
4. Noun
The apophyge of a shaft.
5. Verb
To escape.
6. Noun
An escape.
7. Noun
Means of escape; evasion.
8. Noun
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
9. Noun
Loose act of vice or lewdness.
10. Noun
erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
Vocabulary classified under Biology
11. Noun
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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