Crossword-Solution: FOOTSTALK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Footstalk | n. | The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle. |
| Footstalk | n. | The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. |
| Footstalk | n. | The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk. |
| Footstalk | n. | The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. |
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| pedicel | 4 answers |
| Peduncle | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FOOTSTALK (5)
Compressed by the elastic rind of the fruit, this liquid bears upon the base of the footstalk, which is gradually forced out, yields like a stopper, breaks off and leaves an orifice through which a stream of seeds and fluid pulp is suddenly ejected.
Nevertheless, if the footstalk of a young leaf be rubbed with a thin twig a few times on any side, it will in the course of a few hours bend to that side; afterwards becoming straight again.
The under side seemed to be the most sensitive; but the sensitiveness or irritability is slight compared to that which we shall meet with in some of the following species; thus, a loop of string, weighing 1.64 grain (106.2 mg.) and hanging for some days on a young footstalk, produced a scarcely perceptible effect.
The Flemish cherry is “a very odd-looking fruit,” much flattened at the summit and base, with the latter deeply furrowed, and borne on a stout, very short footstalk.
This has been almost proved to be the case by Morren in the excellent paper just referred to, who shows that even a leaf inserted by its footstalk into the bark of the stock is sufficient to communicate variegation to it, though the leaf soon perishes.