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stelo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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

stelo is used for these senses in English:

  • pedicel (botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
  • stalk (architectural element) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  • 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.
  • stem A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.

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.

stem — full definition

  1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
  3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
  4. verb To originate or arise from something.
  5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

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