| Pronunciation: | | stIp
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| Matching Terms: | | stipel, stipellate, stipend, stipendiarian, stipendiary, stipendiary magistrate, stipendiate, stipendless, stipes, stipitate, stipitiform, stipple, stippled, stippler, stiptic, stipula, stipulaceous, stipulary, stipulate, stipulation, stipulative definition, stipulator, stipulatory, stipule, stipuled
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| | Definition: | | [n] supporting stalk or stemlike structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap |
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| | See Also: | | stalk, stem |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stipe\, n. [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F.
stipe.] (Bot.)
(a) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
(b) The stalk of a pistil.
(c) The trunk of a tree.
(d) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A small stalk; in ferns, the petiole of a frond; in algae, the cylindrical basal portion of a thallus. |
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