stipe

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  1. noun A supporting stalk or stemlike structure, especially the stalk of a pistil, the petiole of a fern frond, or the stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom.

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  • A characteristic feature of young Mushrooms is a convex cap closed by a veil attached to the stalk or stipe; the veil later tears open, leaving a distinct ring. —  Article Source
  • Re: Michael stipe: 'i tried to save cobain' in my opinion, someone taking their own life has no concept of anyone else at that time. they will only know their own pain, not the pain that will be inflicted on others to lose them. —  Murmurs.com
  • Boletus Frostii, with its distinctive, coarsely reticulate stipe, one of the very few non-poisonous boletes with red tube mouths on the underside of its pileus: —  Little Bang Theory
  • The basic anatomy of a mushroom is the cap, gills, the ring, volva, scales, stipe / stalk, pores, tubes and cap scales. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Wants / Seed requests » Michael stipe and bono singing together —  Murmurs.com
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from Latin stīpes, post.

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  1. A dial. variant of steep. Cf. Stiper Stone group.
  2. from French stipe, a stipe, = Spanish estipite, a door-post, = Italian stipite, a stock, trunk, post, door-post, from Latin stipes (stipit-), a stock, trunk, post, poetical a tree, a branch of a tree; perhaps cognate with English stiff.
 

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