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stipe
[ stahyp ]
noun
- Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Zoology. a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk.
stipe
/ staɪp /
noun
- a stalk in plants that bears reproductive structures, esp the stalk bearing the cap of a mushroom
- the stalk that bears the leaflets of a fern or the thallus of a seaweed
- zoology any stalklike part; stipes
stipe
/ stīp /
- 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 mushroom.
Word History and Origins
Origin of stipe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stipe1
Example Sentences
He has performed with legendary musicians such as Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Michael Stipe, and Brian Eno.
Stipe never felt the need to publicly confirm his sexuality until 2008 but said he understood it might help “some kid somewhere.”
And on tour for that LP, Buck, Mills, and Stipe began to ponder their future.
“We were coming out of a perceived low period into an upswing, and it felt really good,” Stipe recalled.
Five years ago, few male celebrities went there, and the ones who did were often already branded as outsiders, like Michael Stipe.
In other words, the peridium leaves the stipe some distance below the point where the lowest capillitial branches take origin.
This, though variable, is yet generally so far pyriform as to show distinct contraction toward the stipe.
The stipe in length ranges from three to ten times the diameter of the sporangium.
The stipe ranges a little shorter than in the preceding variety, three to seven times the sporangium.
In some species of Hemitrichia, for instance, there are spores or spore-like cells found at maturity in the hollow stipe.
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