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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.

Definition 2025

Stipe

Stipe

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Stípe m

  1. A male given name

stipe

stipe

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English

Noun

stipe ‎(plural stipes)

  1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  2. The trunk of a tree.
  3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
  4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

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West Frisian

Noun

stipe n ‎(plural stipen)

  1. support, aid

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Stipan.

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