footstalk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of footstalk
Example Sentences
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A few tentacles spring from the base of the footstalk or petiole, and these are the longest of all, being sometimes nearly 1/4 of an inch in length.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Like the last, but leaflets always narrow, 3–12´´ long; seeds with a very broad footstalk and long hilum.—Kan. to Col. and Dak.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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
These they strung upon a thread, taking care to pass the thread through that end nearest the footstalk.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne
The glands on their margin, to which the lamell� adhere, are pointed oval, with an extremely short footstalk, and that rather thick; the entire length of gland and footstalk, being only 2/3000ths of an inch.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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