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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stem of plant |
| Synonyms: | axis, bent, helm, pedicel, pedicle, reed, shaft, spike, spire, support, trunk, twig, upright |
| Main Entry: | axle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaft around which wheels rotate |
| Synonyms: | arbor, axis, gudgeon, mandrel, pin, pivot, pole, rod, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support |
| Notes: | axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels |
| Main Entry: | leaf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | green foliage of plant |
| Synonyms: | blade, bract, flag, foliole, frond, leaflet, needle, pad, petal, petiole, scale, stalk, stipule |
| Notes: | a page is one side of a piece of paper; a leaf is the term for a piece of paper with two sides |
| Main Entry: | pursuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chase, search |
| Synonyms: | following, going all out, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, tracking, trail, trailing |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
| Synonyms: | bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | trunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body, core |
| Synonyms: | block, bole, butt, column, log, soma, stalk, stem, stock, thorax, torso |
| Antonyms: | extremities |
| Main Entry: | shank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaft |
| Synonyms: | crus, leg, meat, shin, stalk, stem |
| Main Entry: | filament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin strand |
| Synonyms: | fiber, hair, stalk, strand, tendril, thread, wire |
| Main Entry: | spire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
| Synonyms: | apex, blade, cone, peak, pinnacle, point, shoot, spear, sprout, stalk, steeple, summit, top |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
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