footstalk

American  

[foot-stawk] / ˈfʊtˌstɔk /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

1. a pedicel; peduncle.

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footstalk British  

/ ˈfʊtˌstɔːk /

noun

1. a small supporting stalk in animals and plants; a pedicel, peduncle, or pedicle

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Etymology

Origin of footstalk

First recorded in 1555–65; foot + stalk ¹

Example Sentences

The Flemish cherry is "a very odd-looking fruit," much flattened at the summit and base, with the latter deeply furrowed, and borne on a stout very short footstalk.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles

Fruit.—Ripening in October, one or several from the same footstalk, about 3 inches long, oblong, pointed, green, downy, and sticky at first, dark brown when dry: shells sculptured, rough: kernel edible, sweet but oily.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low

The whole floure hangeth downe his head by reason of the weak footstalk whereon it groweth.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

Pedicel, ped′i-sel, n. the little footstalk by which a single leaf or flower is fixed on the twig or on the cluster of which it forms a part—also Ped′icle.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

This was to permit the discharge of a viscid liquid from the footstalk end; and in order to assist this discharge, the pods were several times lightly pressed between the fingers.

From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne