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1.nounThe stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts."a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp"
2.nounThe petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
3.nounSomething resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
4.nounAn ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
5.nounOne of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
6.nounA stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
7.nounThe narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
8.nounThe peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
9.nounAn iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.