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

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Example Sentences

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footstalk

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 leaves are used for thatching, for making mats, baskets, hats, etc.; combs are made from the hard footstalk; the heart of the tree is used as we use cabbages.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders

These papillae consist of a delicate conical protuberance, which narrows into a very short footstalk, surmounted by two minute cells.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

The cut end of the footstalk of a young leaf was protected with sealing-wax, and was then placed under a small bell-glass, with a large pinch of the carbonate.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

But Androtion, in his Book of the Farm, says, that some apple-trees are called φαύλιαι, and others στρούθιαι; "for," says he, "the apple does not fall from the footstalk of the strouthian apple-tree."

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

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