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footstalk
[ foot-stawk ]
noun
Botany, Zoology.
- a pedicel; peduncle.
footstalk
/ ˈʊˌɔː /
noun
- a small supporting stalk in animals and plants; a pedicel, peduncle, or pedicle
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of footstalk1
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Leaflets 3–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to linear, thick and strongly nerved, 1–2´ long; seeds with a narrow footstalk and short hilum.—Mo.,
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Like the last, but leaflets always narrow, 3–12´´ long; seeds with a very broad footstalk and long hilum.—Kan. to Col. and Dak.
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Strig, strig, n. the footstalk of a flower or leaf.—v.t. to strip this off.
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Petiole, pet′i-ōl, n. the stalk which joins a leaf to the twig or branch: a footstalk—also Petī′olus.—adjs.
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Pedicel, ped′i-sel, n. the little footstalk by which a single leaf or flower is fixed on the twig or on the cluster of which it forms a part—also Ped′icle.—n.
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