stalk
The stem or main axis of a plant.
Example
“a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats;  the stalks of maize or hemp”
Other meanings
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
“grape stalks”
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
Synonyms
- straw
A kind of
- plant material
Kinds of stalk
- bran
Related words
- cyberstalk
- facestalk
- gangstalk
- prestalk
- stalkable
- stalkee
- stalkumentary
- stalky
- stalker
Word history
From Middle English "stalke".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stalk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.