stipe
(noun) supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stipe (plural stipes)
The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
The trunk of a tree.
The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
• IP set, piets, piste, septi-, spite
Source: Wiktionary
Stipe, n. Etym: [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe.] (Bot.) (a) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. (b) The stalk of a pistil. (c) The trunk of a tree. (d) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
