stipe

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

stipe(n = noun.plant) Array - supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap; Array

stipe, n. [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe.].

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. [1913 Webster]

stipe, n. Bot. & Zool. a stalk or stem, esp. the support of a carpel, the stalk of a frond, the stem of a fungus, or an eye-stalk.

Derivative

stipiform adj. stipitate adj. stipitiform adj.

Etymology

F f. L stipes: see STIPES