flower stalk - definition and meaning

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Definitions

GNU Webster's 1913

n. the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.

WordNet 3.0

n. erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

Examples

“The scapa or flower stalk rises from eight to eighteen inches high, upright, naked”

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

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hypernyms

Words that are more generic or abstract
- stem
- stalk
hyponyms

Words that are more specific
- peduncle
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Words that contain this word in their definition
- peduncle
- pedicel
- receptacle
- stalk
- bractlet
- bract
- stem
- torus
- fairy-slipper
- ebracteolate
- hair
- oncidieæ
- bog-torches
- button-grass
- internodal
- atamasco lily
- moss rose
- footstalk
- filament
- inferior
- pedicle
- round-leaved rein orchid
- scape
- flower stalk
- habenaria orbiculata
- calypso
- calypso bulbosa
- pendulous
- basigynium
- bracteole
- grass-tree
- pendent
- tassel
- thistle-tube
- African Lily
- broccoli
- style
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