stipe

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Shortened from stipendiary.

Noun

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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
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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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stipe m (plural stipes)

  1. stipe (stem)

Further reading

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Latin

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Noun

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stipe

  1. ablative singular of stips

West Frisian

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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stipe c (plural stipen, diminutive stypke)

  1. support beam
  2. support, aid

Further reading

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  • stipe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011