Definition of Footstalk. Meaning of Footstalk. Synonyms of Footstalk

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Definition of Footstalk

Footstalk
Footstalk Foot"stalk`, n. 1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk. 3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. --Knight.

Meaning of Footstalk from wikipedia

- blue in colour. They arise from the axils of the leaves, on a slender footstalk almost as long as the leaves. The pods are oblong, slightly inflated,...
- cordiform-lanceolate leaves are deflected vertically from a robust erect footstalk, and attain a length of four to five feet. When first expanded on the...
- the petals can also be very varied : straight or turned down, without footstalk or with a long claw at the base. They are often hairy or callous. There...
- which grow directly from the main stem or branch without a petiole or footstalk. The leaves grow clustered in crowded circles at the tops of the branches...
- June and July, and are rather small, solitary and borne on a very long footstalk. They have the ability to self-pollinate. The flowers are succeeded by...
- connecting tunnel between orbiter and Spacelab 2-payload space hinges 3-footstalks 4-experimental unit 5-hyperbaric (?) modules 6-external platform 7-infrared...
- for some distance and ending at the apex, fourth and fifth on a short footstalk starting from near base of the third; cell long, narrow; upper discocellular...
- branched woody stems. The leaves are subsessile (having a very short footstalk) or shortly petiolate, which is congested in a terminal crown. The flowers...
- from the smooth summit of another (agaricus caseus), which has a uniform footstalk, though not of common occurrence. Thus a plant, that itself arises from...
- occasionally projecting at the apex in form of a little mucro, on rough footstalks, in the inner scales as long as themselves, but shorter in the outer,...