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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Supported on or having a stipe.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany and zoology, having or supported by a stipe or stipes; elevated on a stipe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Possessing a stalk.

Etymologies

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From Latin stipes, genitive(?) stipitis, a stock. See stipe.

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