stipe

Etymology

From French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).

noun

  1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  2. The trunk of a tree.
  3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
  4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

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