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How to use stipe in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Stipe means the stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc. Example: “In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.”

Examples of stipe by meaning

nounThe petiole of the frond of a fern or palm.

  • The stipes or bare portion of the frond is, as a rule, about the same length as the leafy portion.1917, S. Leonard Bastin, How to Know the Ferns, London: Methuen & Co

nounA stipendiary magistrate.

  • The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.2015, Barrington Black, Both Sides of the Bench, page 186

More sentences with stipe

  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.From the entry sinuate
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed.From the entry adnexed
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.From the entry subdecurrent
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate.From the entry emarginate
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent.From the entry decurrent
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.From the entry attached
  • The stipe of an agaric is colliferous.From the entry colliferous
  • In most species the dorsolateral aerophore line is conspicuous throughout the length of the stipe, generally being somewhat paler in colour than the surrounding tissue.2000, Bothalia - Volumes 30-31, page 61. From the entry aerophore
  • The main fruiting body is about 1-4 cm wide, spongy as well as dense in texture, flabelliform shaped, with small stipes which become stipeless at maturity.2023, chapter 14, in Ajay Sharma, Garima Bhardwaj, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik, editors, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of the Himalayas, CRC…. From the entry stipeless

Meaning of stipe

  1. noun The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  2. noun The trunk of a tree.
  3. noun The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower.

Full definition of stipe

Questions about stipe in a sentence

How do you use stipe in a sentence?
Stipe is used as a noun. For example: “In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.”
What is a short sentence with stipe?
“The stipe of an agaric is colliferous.”
What does stipe mean?
Stipe means the stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.

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