stipiformadj.
/ˈstʌɪpɪfɔːm/ Botany and Zoology.
Having the form or character of a stipe: applied esp. to the stems of certain dicotyledonous trees, of simple structure like those of lower classes.
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shanked1593
pedunculated1752
pedicellate1760
pedunculate1760
pedicellated1770
peduncled1782
pedicelled1784
stiped1785
stipitate1785
peduncular1789
stipiform1821
stipitated1822
stipitiform1855
pedicellar1900
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 55 Stem..Stipiform,..growing like those of palm-trees; with a bunch of leaves at top, and bearing the marks where the old leaves have fallen off.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1101/1 Stipiform, having the appearance of the trunk of an endogenous tree; as the papaw and other simple-stemmed exogens.
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