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| primrose |
any of several perennial plants bearing clusters of tubular flowers in various colors, esp. yellow, and having large leaves at the base of the flower stalk. |
| sea lily |
a deep-water marine crinoid with a flowerlike body on a long stalk by which it is attached to the ocean floor. |
| sporogonium |
the organism in mosses and liverworts that produces spores, usu. a sac or capsule on the stalk. |
| stipe |
a stalk or stalklike structure, such as the stemlike support of the cap of a mushroom or the main stem of a fern frond. |
| straw |
a single such stalk of grain. [1/7 definitions] |
| sugar cane |
a tall perennial grass of tropical and subtropical regions that has a stout, jointed stalk and is the principal source of sugar. |
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