stalk
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These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
With the names of his children, Betty and George, etched on his shorts, Allen started to stalk Makhmudov, with a massive body shot followed by a right uppercut landing in the fifth round.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
She picked up the abandoned grass stalk, stuck it into the same hole and pulled it out to find it covered with termites.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
What use can would-be farmers make of a ton of wheat grains on the stalk, if they have not first figured out how to harvest, husk, and store them?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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