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stipiform, a. Bot. and Zool.|ˈstaɪpɪfɔːm|
[ad. mod.L. stīpiformis, f. L. stīpi- (nom. stīps) collateral form of stīpit- stipes: see -form.]
Having the form or character of a stipe: applied esp. to the stems of certain dicotyledonous trees, of simple structure like those of lower classes.
1821S. F. Gray Brit. Plants I. 55 Stem..Stipiform,..growing like those of palm-trees; with a bunch of leaves at top, and bearing the marks where the old leaves have fallen off. 1866Treas. Bot. 1101/1 Stipiform, having the appearance of the trunk of an endogenous tree; as the papaw and other simple-stemmed exogens. |