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Definition of "stipe" []

  • A supporting stalk or stemlike structure, especially the stalk of a pistil, the petiole of a fern frond, or the stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stipe" in a sentence
  • "The trunk, sometimes called a stipe, is the stem of the palm."
  • "The cap of a basidiomycete, an expanded structure at the top of the stipe that bears the hymenium (gills, etc.) on its undersurface."
  • "I am a magistrate and welcome the opportunity to sit through a Court 1″ list sometime and explain, case by case how we (and there are three of us, I am not a stipe/DJ) decide what to do."