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–noun Botany, Zoology.
| a pedicel; peduncle. |
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| foot·stalk (fŏŏt'stôk') n. A supporting stalk, such as a peduncle or pedicel. |
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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.
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