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Definition: Flower Stalk |
Flower StalkNoun1. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Flower StalkSynonym: scape (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flower Stalk |
| English words defined with "flower stalk": Ebracteolate ♦ Habenaria orbiculata ♦ round-leaved rein orchid ♦ scape, scapose. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Closeup shot of Bigleaf Lupine flower stalk. Credit: John Craig. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flower stalk | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flower stalk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | blomsterstilk (floral stalk, peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references) | |
Dutch | steel (handle, stalk, stem), bloemsteel (pedicel, peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references) | |
Finnish | kukkavarsi (peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references) | |
French | pédoncule floral, pédoncule. (various references) | |
German | Bluetenstiel (peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk), Bluetenstandstiel (peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references) | |
Italian | peduncolo (peduncle), gambo (stalk, stem). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 花軸 , 花梗 (peduncle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かこう (aged 61, chemical engineering, crater, delicacy, descending, descent, downward, drop, estuary, fall, firelight, fragrance of flowers, good-eating fish, manufacturing, manuscript of poem, mouth of river, peduncle, processing, rare treat, river port, subsidence, to enclose, treatment), かじく. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owerflay alkstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pedúnculo (peduncle, stalk, stem). (various references) | |
Spanish | rabillo (shank), pedúnculo (peduncle). (various references) | |
Swedish | blomstjälk (pedicle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pedunculus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-k-l-l-o-r-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: falsework, fellators, flatworks, fleaworts, folktales, forestall. | |
-3 letters: fellator, felworts, flatwork, fleawort, floatels, floaters, folktale, forestal, reallots, refloats, rostella, sallower, saltwork, seatwork, software. | |
-4 letters: fallers, fallows, falters, fellows, felwort, flakers, flasket, floatel, floater, florals, florets, flowers, folates, foresaw, forsake, fowlers, fretsaw, loafers, lofters, reallot, refalls, refloat, reflows, safrole, seafowl, skatole, stalker, stellar, talkers, tallows. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-k-l-l-o-r-s-t-w" | |
+3 letters: blanketflowers. | |
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