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stalky

[staw-kee] / ˈstɔ ki /








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Tribal youths worked with elders to harvest tule — a stalky plant native to California’s wetlands — and use it to build traditional boats.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

"There's no goodness in it, it's just completely stalky with no nutritional value at all."

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

Alternatively, vinegar, salt and sugar can net you some nice and stalky refrigerator pickles.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2020

In the distance, behind the patch of soy stubble, Dobson pointed to another field filled with stalky brown plants.

From Salon • May 10, 2019

No tree grew there, only rough grass and many tall plants: stalky and faded hemlocks and wood-parsley, fire-weed seeding into fluffy ashes, and rampant nettles and thistles.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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