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Stängel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rib noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
  • stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

Stängel is used for these senses in English:

  • petiole (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
  • rib A stalk of celery.
  • stalk The stem or main axis of a plant.
  • stalk (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf \mathcal{F} on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See w:Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

rib — full definition

  1. noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
  2. noun A cut of meat that still has one or more rib bones in it.
  3. noun A supporting structural piece shaped like a rib, such as in a ship's hull, an aircraft wing, or an umbrella.
  4. verb To tease someone in a friendly, good-natured way.

stalk — full definition

  1. noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  2. verb To approach quietly and slowly so as not to be noticed, especially when hunting.
  3. verb To follow or watch someone obsessively and repeatedly, often causing them fear or distress.

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