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Stipe

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Noun

1. stipe

supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stipe

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noun
1. 
a stalk in plants that bears reproductive structures, esp the stalk bearing the cap of a mushroom
2. 
the stalk that bears the leaflets of a fern or the thallus of a seaweed
3. zoology
any stalklike part; stipes

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Stipe

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noun
1.  Botany
a usually short, thick stem, as
a. 
the stalk of a mushroom
b. 
the petiole of a fern frond
c. 
a stalklike extension of the receptacle of a spermatophyte
d. 
the stemlike part supporting the thallus in certain algae
2.  Zoology
stipes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stipe

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n.
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.

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