stipe

[ stahyp ]

noun
  1. 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.

  2. Zoology. a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk.

Origin of stipe

1
1775–85; <French <Latin stīpes post, tree trunk or branch, log

Words Nearby stipe

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How to use stipe in a sentence

  • 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) MacBride
  • This, 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) MacBride
  • The stipe in length ranges from three to ten times the diameter of the sporangium.

    The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
  • The 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) MacBride
  • In 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

stipe

/ (staɪp) /


noun
  1. a stalk in plants that bears reproductive structures, esp the stalk bearing the cap of a mushroom

  2. the stalk that bears the leaflets of a fern or the thallus of a seaweed

  1. zoology any stalklike part; stipes

Origin of stipe

1
C18: via French from Latin stīpes tree trunk; related to Latin stīpāre to pack closely; see stiff

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Scientific definitions for stipe

stipe

[ stīp ]


  1. 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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