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noun

Footstalk n.

(Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

(Zool.)

(a)

The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.

(b)

The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

(Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

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Etymology of 'Footstalk'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Footstalk" Quotes from Famous Books

... long and thicker than the stamens, simple, cylindrical, smooth and erect. It remains with the corolla until the fruit is ripe, the stamen is simple and obtuse, and the fruit much the size and shape of our common garden currants, growing like them in clusters supported by a compound footstalk. The peduncles are longer in this species, and the berries are more scattered. The fruit is not so acid as the common currant, and has a ...

— History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. • Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

... one fashioned into the vulgar forme of a heart, and prettily edged about with greene; the other three leaves are longer and sharp-pointed. The whole floure hangeth downe his head by reason of the weak footstalk whereon it groweth. The root is small, white, and bulbous.' It is one of the earliest flowers which appear, and may often be seen bursting through the snow, the virgin white of its petals by no means shamed by the lustrous purity ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 - Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 • Various