Definitions for stipes

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stipes sti·pes

Spelling: [stahy-peez]

IPA: /ˈstaɪ piz/

Stipes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in stipes (eipsst).

Definitions for stipes

noun

1. Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
2. Botany, Mycology. a stipe.
3. Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
4. Zoology. a stemlike part, as a footstalk; stalk.

Origin of stipes

1750-60; Latin stīpes; see stipe

Examples for stipes

stipes dark purple or reddish-brown, polished and decidedly hairy and harsh to the touch, at least on one side.

stipes tufted, two to four inches long, brownish beneath, green above.

stipes and branches of the leaves very slender and polished.

The stipes is about the same length as the leafy portion of the frond.

While its stipes are purplish, its leaves are bluish-green, and its scales light-brown or yellow.

The stipes is usually about the same length as the leafy portion.

Scales of rhizome and stipes narrow, of firm texture and with thick-walled cells.

The stipes is very short and it is of a brownish colour, with a few scales.

The stipes is somewhat longer than the rachis, and it is of a whity-green colour.

The stipes or stalks of Laminaria cloustoni are used in surgery.