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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stipe
a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.

Etymology: (1775–85; < F < L stīpes post, tree trunk or branch, log)

Definition of 'stipe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stipe
supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap

Definition of 'stipe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stipe
the stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern

2. (noun) stipe
the stalk of a pistil

3. (noun) stipe
the trunk of a tree

4. (noun) stipe
the stem of a fungus or mushroom

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