stipe

See also: Stipe

English

Etymology

From French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staɪp/
  • Rhymes: -aɪp

Noun

stipe (plural stipes)

  1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  2. The trunk of a tree.
  3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
  4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

stipe

  1. ablative singular of stips

West Frisian

Noun

stipe c (plural stipen, diminutive stypke)

  1. support beam
  2. support, aid

Further reading
  • “stipe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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