stipe

From French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).

• IPA^(key): /staɪp/

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• Rhymes: -aɪp

stipe (plural stipes)

1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
2. The trunk of a tree.
3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

• stipitate
• stipule

• IP set, piets, piste, septi-, spite

stipe m (plural stipes)

1. stipe (stem)

• “stipe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

stipe

1. ablative singular of stips

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stipe c (plural stipen, diminutive stypke)

1. support beam
2. support, aid

• “stipe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011