stipe

A supporting stalk or stemlike structure, especially the stalk of a pistil, the petiole of a fern frond, or the stalk that supports the cap of a mushroom.

A steep ascent.

In botany, a stalk or support of some sort, the word being variously employed.

In anatomy, a stem: applied to two branches, anterior and posterior, of the zygal or paroccipital fissure of the brain.

In zoology, a stipes.

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

The stalk of a pistil.

The trunk of a tree.

The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.