stip1form

[Latin stipes (gen it. stipitis )=a trank, and form a =form.] Bot.: Having an unbranched trunk like that of an endogenous tree, as the Papaw. stīp-1-tāte, a. [Lat. stipes (gen it. stipitis )=the trunk of a tree.) Bot.: Elevated on a stalk which is neither a petiole nor a peduncle; furnished with a stipe. stip-ite, subst. [Lat. stip ( es ) =a trunk; suff. -ite (Min.).] Min.: A variety of lignite named from the fact that the woody texture of trunks of trees is appar ent. sti-pit-I-form, a. [STIPIFORM.] Bot.: Resembling a stock or stem.