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Flower stalk   /flˈaʊər stɔk/   Listen
Flower stalk

noun
1.
Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.  Synonym: scape.





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"Flower stalk" Quotes from Famous Books



... this beautiful face on the mind of those who beheld her was that of a deep melancholy and sweetness, impressing itself once and for ever. Tall and slender, but without the excessive thinness of some young girls, her movements had that careless supple grace that recall the waving of a flower stalk in the breeze. But in spite of all these smiling and innocent graces one could yet discern in Robert's heiress a will firm and resolute to brave every obstacle, and the dark rings that circled her fine eyes plainly showed that her heart was already agitated ...
— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - JOAN OF NAPLES—1343-1382 • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE


Words linked to "Flower stalk" :   scape, peduncle, stem, stalk


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