thick stalk

collocation in English

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thick
adjective
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/θɪk/us
/θɪk/
having a large distance between ...
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stalk
noun[C]
uk
/stɔːk/us
/stɑːk/
the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of ...
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(Definition ofthickandstalkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The operculum consists of a long,thickstalkwith a cartilaginous, cone-shaped plug at the distal end.
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The vine also develops verythickstalkaround the grape clusters which makes mechanical harvesting difficult.
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Thethickstalkhas a double ring which helps identify it.
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An inflorescence emerges on athickstalkfrom the soil bearing solitary to densely bunched flowers.
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We burst out into full flowering early in our spring, but long before the summer is over, we are no more than huddled leaves and thick stalks.
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Resembling round, orange to red gelatinous puffballs on thick stalks, species have been collected in regions of deciduous, temperate, tropical or subtropical forests.
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The inflorescences are borne on thick stalks a few centimeters long and are dense with small blue or purple flowers.
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They are slightly flattened dorsoventrally and mounted on short thick stalks.
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It has large (10 to 20 cm) green heads and thick stalks.
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When cooking, the outer leaves and thick stalks are removed, leaving only the florets.
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The first 7 or 8 suckers are cup-shaped and raised on thick stalks, numbers 2 and 3 being the largest.
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Posteriorly, it consists mainly of two pairs of thick stalks called cerebellar peduncles.
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Both eyes are on this upper surface and project on short thick stalks.
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