stipe
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
Zoology. a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk.
Origin of stipe
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How to use stipe in a sentence
He has performed with legendary musicians such as Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Michael stipe, and Brian Eno.
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In other words, the peridium leaves the stipe some distance below the point where the lowest capillitial branches take origin.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideThis, though variable, is yet generally so far pyriform as to show distinct contraction toward the stipe.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideThe stipe in length ranges from three to ten times the diameter of the sporangium.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideThe stipe ranges a little shorter than in the preceding variety, three to seven times the sporangium.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideIn some species of Hemitrichia, for instance, there are spores or spore-like cells found at maturity in the hollow stipe.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
British Dictionary definitions for stipe
/ (staɪp) /
a stalk in plants that bears reproductive structures, esp the stalk bearing the cap of a mushroom
the stalk that bears the leaflets of a fern or the thallus of a seaweed
zoology any stalklike part; stipes
Origin of stipe
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Scientific definitions for stipe
[ stīp ]
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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