A stalk or support such as the petiole of a frond or the stalk of an ovary or fruit.
A stalk that supports a plant structure, such as the petiole of a fern or the stalk of a mushroom.
The stalk of a pistil, or ovule when present.
The stem or stalk of a fruit body.
That part of a fern front stem below the rachis (below where leaflets are attached); the “leaf stem” of fern fronds.
A petiole of a fern, a single trunk of a clump-forming palm, a stalk inside a flower that supports the carpels, a stalk in the pollinarium in orchids or a short, narrow extension at the base of a nutlet in Cyperaceae; the term is used in a variety of contexts, which makes it important to know to which family it is being applied.