stipe

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

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
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from stipendiary.

Noun

stipe (plural stipes)

  1. (historical, slang) A stipendiary magistrate.
    • 2015, Barrington Black, Both Sides of the Bench, page 186:
      The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

stipe m (plural stipes)

  1. stipe (stem)

Further reading

Latin

Noun

stipe

  1. ablative singular of stips

West Frisian

Etymology

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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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