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Stipe (?), n. [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe.] Bot. (a)
The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
The stalk of a pistil.
The trunk of a tree.
The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
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