flower stalk

collocation in English

meaningsofflowerandstalk

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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant 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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(Definition offlowerandstalkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The pollen sacs are confused with anthers and the term ' petiole ' is used forflowerstalkwhich should be ' pedicel'.
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Flowers are perched on a pedicel (i.e.,flowerstalk) raising them above the leaf whorl, and grow pinker as they age.
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The green leaves are arranged in a flat fan from which theflowerstalkemerges.
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The flowers andflowerstalkbreak off and disappear soon after flowering making the plant difficult to locate.
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Theflowerstalkgrows up to 1 m high, with several 20-30 cm inflorescences which hold flowers growing in whorls.
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It is acaulescent, meaning it lacks a stem with leaves, instead sending up a leaflessflowerstalk.
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Theflowerstalkdevelops in the second year, growing to a height of 40to200cm -1.
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The plants have one leaf and a short (0.1 m)flowerstalkwith a small (8 mm) flower.
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Therefore, their effects are primarily on stem, petiole andflowerstalktissues.
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It has two flowers in one stalk and each flower has its ownflowerstalk.
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Theflowerstalkoften reaches one metre, and bears many white six-petalled flowers, in groups of two or three, each about across.
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The specific name, "hypogaea" means under the earth; after pollination, theflowerstalkelongates, causing it to bend until the ovary touches the ground.
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The threadlikeflowerstalkgrows downward to a length of almost 30 cm.
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Theflowerstalkis usually a bluish-green colour.
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Theflowerstalkis initially positively phototropic and moves towards the light after fertilisation, it becomes negatively phototropic and moves away from the light.
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Leaves are 13 cm wide and are sometimes longer than theflowerstalk.
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Lateral branches on the upperflowerstalkproduce hundreds of miniature agave or bulbils.
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