stalk 1 
(stôk)
(stôk)n.
1.
a. A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.
b. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.
2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
[Middle English, probably diminutive of stale, upright of a ladder, post, handle, from Old English stalu; see stel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
stalky adj.
- anthracite
- anthracitic
- anthracnose
- anthracosis
- anthraquinone
- anthrax
- anthropic
- anthropic principle
- anthropo-
- Anthropocene
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrically
- anthropocentricity
- anthropocentrism
- anthropogenesis
- anthropogenic
- anthropogenically
- anthropographic
- anthropographically
- anthropography
- anthropoid
- anthropoidal
- anthropologic
- anthropological
- anthropologically