stipe
pronunciation
How to pronounce stipe in British English:
UK [staɪp]
How to pronounce stipe in American English:
US [ staɪp]
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- Noun:
- supporting stalk or stemlike structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
Word Origin
- stipe (n.)
- "stalk of a plant," 1785, from French stipe, from Latin stipes "log, post, tree trunk" (see stiff (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Only he was in fact communicating with stipe .
- 2. Seeds clearly stipitate , stipe much longer than thick .
- 3. Stipe mostly laterally located curved in zigzag way , yellow-brown .
- 4. Stipe said he preferred prospects march .
- 5. Nutlets stipitate , stipe ca. 0.2 mm .