stalk
noun
the stem or main axis of a plant.
stalks
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present tense formof stalk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It had large eyes extending from stalks at the front of its body, along with a segmented skeleton and jointed limbs attached beneath its narrow frame.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Stacks of wheat straws and corn stalks separated my village from the fields, where the growth was always a little sparser than we wanted it to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Aliyu Abdullahi Isa, a 25-year-old Fulani herder, knows the names of all the 20 white cattle grazing on the remains of dry stalks of maize.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
Vivi picks stalks of ragwort that grow near the water troughs.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
