stalk : Idioms & Phrases

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corn stalk

  • noun the stalk of a corn plant
    cornstalk.
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Flower stalk

  • noun erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
    scape.
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  • (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.
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hypophyseal stalk

  • noun the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus
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long-stalked

  • adjective satellite of plants having relatively long stalks
    long-stalked.
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ring-stalked fungus

  • noun genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
    Stropharia; genus Stropharia.
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Seed stalk

  • (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle.
Webster 1913

short-stalked

  • adjective satellite of plants having relatively short stalks
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Stalk borer

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a noctuid moth (Gortyna nitela), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry, strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants, often doing much injury.
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stalk-eyed

Stalk"-eyed` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
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stalked puffball

  • noun mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
  • noun a variety of Podaxaceae
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stalking-horse

  • noun a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
  • noun something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
    pretext.
  • noun screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
  • noun a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
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Stalk"ing-horse noun
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  1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
  2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
    Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an affectation of simplicity and religion. L'Estrange.
    How much more abominable is it to make of him [Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and enjoy the world! Bunyan.
Webster 1913

tall-stalked

  • adjective satellite of plants having relatively long stalks
    long-stalked.
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