Meaning

noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

noun a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

noun a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

originFrom Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch staal (“sample”),…

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