stipes is a plural form of stipe
a supporting stalk or stem-like structure, especially of a pistil or fern frond, or supporting a mushroom cap
plant noun (plants and fungi)
stipes
via French from Latin stīpes tree trunk; related to Latin stīpāre to pack...
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a stalk in plants that bears reproductive structures, especially the stalk bearing the cap of a mushroom | the stalk that bears the leaflets of a fern ... (26 of 245 words, 3 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
a usually short stalk of a plant or fungus: as ; the stem supporting the cap of a fungus ; a part that is similar to a stipe and connects the holdfast ... (32 of 98 words, pronunciations)
may refer to: Stipe (botany) | Stipe (mycology) | Stipe (given name) | Michael Stipe, lead singer of American rock band R.E.M | Gene Stipe, U.S. politician from Oklahoma (25 of 67 words, 5 definitions)
[botany] a usually short, thick stem, as ; the stalk of a mushroom ; the ... | [zoology] "stipes" (18 of 51 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[botany, mycology] a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern ... | [zoology] a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk. (22 of 45 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
A supporting stalk or stemlike structure, especially the stalk of a pistil, the petiole of a fern frond, or the stalk that supports the cap of a ... (27 of 37 words, pronunciation)
a stalk or stem, especially the stem of a seaweed or fungus or the stalk of a fern frond (19 of 34 words, pronunciation)
The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc. | The trunk of a tree. (12 of 13 words, 2 definitions)
in botany, the plant axis that bears buds and shoots with leaves and, at its basal end, roots. The stem is the stalk of a plant or the main trunk of a ... (32 of 945 words, 4 images)
supporting structure of a plant, serving also to conduct and to store food materials. The stems of herbaceous and of woody plants differ: those of ... (25 of 336 words)
[intransitive] to walk in a way that shows you feel angry or offended | [transitive] to hunt a person or animal by following them without being seen | ... (26 of 158 words, 4 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a long thin part of a plant with a flower, fruit, or leaf at the end ; a long thin part of an object or animal that supports something on the end of ... (33 of 58 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers or fruit to the main stem of a plant | a narrow structure that supports a part ... (30 of 61 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/stalk 1
to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard, usually in order to catch or kill them | to illegally follow and ... (27 of 90 words, 3 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/stalk 2
to walk in an angry or proud way (8 of 33 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
the stalk of a mushroom or fern | Same as stipes (sense 1) (sense 2) (14 of 39 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: 18th century
Origin: via French from Latin stīpes tree trunk; related to Latin stīpāre to pack closely; see stiff
First use: 1785
Origin: New Latin stipes, from Latin, tree trunk; akin to Latin stipare to press together
Origin: French from Latin stipes, log, stock, trunk of a tree: see "stiff"
First use: late 18th century
Origin: French, from Latin stipes (see "stipes")
Origin: Latin stipes a stock, post, branch: compare French stipe.
First use: Late 18th century
Origin: French from Latin stipes "post, log"
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Audio: North American pronunciation of "stipe"
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