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Webster 1913 Edition

Stipe

Stipe

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Noun.
[L.
stipes
a stock, post, branch: cf. F.
stipe
.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
(b)
The stalk of a pistil.
(c)
The trunk of a tree.
(d)
The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stipe

STIPE

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Noun.
[L.; Gr., a stake.] In botany, the base of a frond; or a species of stem passing into leaves, or not distinct from the leaf. The stem of a fungus is also called stipe. The word is also used for the filament or slender stalk which supports the pappus or down, and connects it with the seed.

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