footstalk

[ foot-stawk ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.

1. a pedicel; peduncle.

footstalk

/ ˈfʊtˌstɔːk /

noun

1. a small supporting stalk in animals and plants; a pedicel, peduncle, or pedicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of footstalk¹

First recorded in 1555–65; foot + stalk ¹

Example Sentences

Leaflets 3–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to linear, thick and strongly nerved, 1–2´ long; seeds with a narrow footstalk and short hilum.—Mo.,

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Like the last, but leaflets always narrow, 3–12´´ long; seeds with a very broad footstalk and long hilum.—Kan. to Col. and Dak.

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Strig, strig, n. the footstalk of a flower or leaf.—v.t. to strip this off.

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Petiole, pet′i-ōl, n. the stalk which joins a leaf to the twig or branch: a footstalk—also Petī′olus.—adjs.

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Pedicel, ped′i-sel, n. the little footstalk by which a single leaf or flower is fixed on the twig or on the cluster of which it forms a part—also Ped′icle.—n.

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