stalk

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
2. 2
   noun The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
3. 3
   noun Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
4. 4
   noun An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
5. 5
   noun One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
6. 6
   noun A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
7. 7
   noun The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
8. 8
   noun The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
9. 9
   noun An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.