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Footstalk [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, a petiole; a partial stem supporting the leaf, or connecting it with the stem or branch. Sometimes, but rarely, the same footstalk supports both the leaf and fructification, as in Turnera and Hibiscus.

Footstalk [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

2. The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.

3. The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

4. The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.