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Webster 1913 Edition


Stipula


Stip′u-la

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Stipulas
(#)
, L.
Stipulae
(#)
.
[L., a stalk, stem.]
1.
(Bot.)
A stipule.
2.
(Zool.)
A newly sprouted feather.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stipula

STIPULA

, STIPULE,
Noun.
[L., a straw or stubble.] In botany, a scale at the base of nascent petioles or peduncles. Stipules are in pairs or solitary; they are lateral, extrafoliaceous, intrafoliaceous, &c. A leafy appendage to the proper leaves or to their footstalks; commonly situated at the base of the latter, in pairs.

Definition 2024


stipula

stipula

English

Noun

stipula (plural stipulas or stipulae or stipulæ)

  1. (botany) A stipule.
  2. (zoology) A newly sprouted feather.


French

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular past historic of stipuler

Italian

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular present indicative of stipulare
  2. second-person singular imperative of stipulare

Anagrams


Ladin

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular present indicative of stipuler
  2. third-person plural present indicative of stipuler
  3. second-person singular imperative of stipuler

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of stipes (stick, trunk).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.pu.la/, [ˈstɪ.pʊ.ɫa]

Noun

stipula f (genitive stipulae); first declension

  1. stalk (of plant)
  2. stubble
  3. straw
  4. reed (played as a pipe)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative stipula stipulae
genitive stipulae stipulārum
dative stipulae stipulīs
accusative stipulam stipulās
ablative stipulā stipulīs
vocative stipula stipulae

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