slender stalk

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slender
adjective
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/ˈslen.dər/us
/ˈslen.dɚ/
thin and delicate, often in a way that ...
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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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There are from one to three fruits together on a longslenderstalk.
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The ovary is superior, cylindric, about 2.3 mm long, and raised on aslenderstalk(gynophore) about 2 mm long.
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Depending on the type of the insertion base, adenoma may be pedunculated (lobular head with a longslenderstalk) or sessile (broad base).
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Members of this order are attached to the seabed by aslenderstalkand are known as sea lilies.
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The inflorescence rests solitary at the end of aslenderstalk.
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Aslenderstalkof between 5 to 50 cm develops from a basal rosette of finely-haired leaves.
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Flowers are borne on long slender stalks which are glabrous or pubescent, initially spreading and reflexed, later erect.
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Rice is steamed together with hollow, slender stalks of bamboo about 20 cm. in length.
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The flowers are white, 12 cm across, and occurs singly on slender stalks.
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It is often used in taxonomy for species names typically in scientific names for plants that have slender stalks.
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Sea tulips are tunicates with colourful bodies supported on slender stalks.
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They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.
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The leaves have short slender stalks and are 3to7cmin 1 long, triangular with broad, entire, wedge-shaped bases, slender pointed tips and coarsely double-toothed serrated margins.
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The bladders are usually shaped similarly to broad beans (though they come in various shapes) and are to be found attached to the submerged stolons by slender stalks.
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