Stipe, stipes, stem (plural stipites)

(Of palms) an individual stem or trunk of a clustering palm;


(Of ferns) the leaf stalk of a frond;


The stalk inside the flower or fruit that supports the carpel(s) or gynoecium;


(Of orchid flowers) a pollinium stalk, possibly derived from the anther;


(In Cyperaceae) short, narrowed extension to the base of the nutlet.


Stalk-like portion of a mushroom’s fruiting body; main stalk of any plant.


 


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