Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FOOT'STALK
FOOT'STALK, n. [foot and stalk.]
In botany, a petiole; a partial stem supporting the leaf, or connecting it with the stem or branch. Sometimes, but rarely, the same foot-stalk supports both the leaf and fructification, as in Turnera and Hibiscus. Martyn.
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