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n. - Supporting stalk or stemlike structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap.

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Usage examples (36)
  • The trunk, sometimes called a stipe, is the stem of the palm.
  • But what is this dark green and black stipe in the middle of the map?
  • Sori numerous, rather near the midvein, stipe and rachis lustrous brown.
  • Old Mr. Tytte is dead, and his son Alexander made stipe for the district.
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