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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  skp
NOUN:1. Botany A leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground, as in the tulip. 2. Biology A stalklike part, such as a feather shaft or a segment of an insect's antenna. 3. Architecture The shaft of a column.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin scpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skpos.
 
 
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