footstalk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of footstalk
Example Sentences
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It bears on an average eight, rather thick, oblong, light green leaves, having scarcely any footstalk.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Its foliage has a disagreeable smell when bruised; its flowers are shewy, but of short duration, and are remarkable for growing out of the footstalk of the leaf.
From The Botanical Magazine Vol. 8 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed by William Curtis
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 Charles Darwin
The glands on the margin, in I. quadrivalvis, are singular, from not being borne on a long, hair-like footstalk.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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 Lorin Low Dame
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