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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

They were out of baby’s breath, but on the floor around them were buckets of thousands of donated blooms — fragrant lilies, roses and carnations, blue delphinium, stalky allium and green bells of Ireland.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2022

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

From Salon • May 10, 2019

Over the edge of the deck, past the sandy dunes with feathery, stalky plants, Cat could see for miles.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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