stipes

American  

[stahy-peez] / ˈstaɪ piz /

noun

plural

stipites

1. Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.

2. Botany, Mycology. a stipe.

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stipes British  

/ ˈstaɪpiːz, ˈstaɪpɪˌfɔːm, ˈstɪpɪtɪˌfɔːm /

noun

1. the second maxillary segment in insects and crustaceans

2. the eyestalk of a crab or similar crustacean

3. any similar stemlike structure

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Other Word Forms

• stipiform adjective

Etymology

Origin of stipes

1750–60; < Latin stīpes; see stipe

Example Sentences

To study this, a team of Japanese researchers inserted subdermal needle electrodes into the caps and stipes of a type of mushroom called Laccaria bicolor.

From Salon • May 9, 2023

The current American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stipes to represent each U.S. state and the original British colonies that declared their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

From Fox News • Jun. 14, 2021

Some brown algae have evolved specialized tissues that resemble terrestrial plants, with root-like holdfasts, stem-like stipes, and leaf-like blades that are capable of photosynthesis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The stipes of giant kelps are enormous, extending in some cases for 60 meters.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The stipes in some cases are completely merged in one; in others traces of coalescence remain.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)