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The main stem of a herbaceous plant
“As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch.”
A young shoot of a plant
The leaves, stems, and shoots of a plant
A conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current
Shaft around which wheels rotate
Meat from that part of an animal
The action of physically pursuing or chasing someone or something
A flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. Leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration
Pursue or approach stealthily
“They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees.”
Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner
“One of them gives this part angry, part horrified squeak, and then they stalk off as well as they can in the knee-deep snow.”
To go in search of, especially on the trail of
(of a person or animal) To move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey
To walk in an exaggerated or showy manner
Take by surprise
To spread or pervade throughout
To be in motion by moving one's feet in a slow and alternative manner
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