STALK
Definition:
- [noun] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble
- [noun] a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Synonyms: stem
- [noun] a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
Synonyms: ing, still hunt
- [noun] the act of following prey stealthily
Synonyms: ing
- [noun] a stiff or threatening gait
Synonyms: angry walk
- [verb] walk stiffly
- [verb] follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
Synonyms: haunt
- [verb] go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
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Related Words:
- bran
- gynophore
- carpophore
- filament
- funicle, funiculus
- petiolule
- cane
- sporangiophore
- cutting, slip
- tuber
- rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk
- axis
- caudex
- beanstalk
- cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade
- stock, caudex
- stipe
- scape, flower stalk
- petiole, leafstalk
- bulb
- corm
- branch
- culm
- haulm, halm
- trunk, tree trunk, bole
- deerstalking
