Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of plants having relatively long stalks
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word long-stalked.
Examples
-
These are placed, six together, in the interior of long-stalked, ovate, mucronate, smooth, deep brown follicles, of a tough papery texture, and lined with a thin fur of stellate hairs.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
-
FLOWERS: Of varying colours, borne on long-stalked erect inflorescences arising from the leaf axils.
Chapter 7 1999
-
FRUIT: A long-stalked capsule splitting to release small rough, greyish black seeds.
Chapter 7 1999
-
Tannia plants can reach a height of about 2 m and have a short erect stem and large, long-stalked sagittate or hastate leaves, which differ from those of Colocasia in that the leaf stalk joins the blade at the margin between the lobes
Chapter 31 1987
-
They are submersed aquatics, or a few of them with long-stalked, floating leaves.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
-
He chose instead a sheaf of lilies, long-stalked and heavily scented, and despatched them in the care of a picturesque
The Hippodrome Rachel Hayward
-
Choose tender, quick-grown mint, leafy, not long-stalked and coarse, wash it very clean, taking care not to bruise it in the least, and lay in a clean cloth upon ice.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
-
Fertile part long-stalked, two to three pinnate, its ultimate segments narrow and thick, nearly opaque in dried specimens.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
-
Conifer, more especially as it is destitute of resin; nevertheless, to that group it belongs, being closely allied to the Yew, but distinguishable by its long-stalked, fan-shaped leaves, with numerous radiating veins, as in an Adiantum.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
-
(_Alisma_), a plant with long-stalked, oval, ribbed leaves, and a much-branched panicle of small, white flowers, is very common in marshes and ditches, and the various species of arrowhead
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.