stalky
Like bamboo shoots
Stalky describes something having or resembling a stalk—long, thin, and somewhat rigid.
Plants with prominent stems are stalky.
The word also describes people or body parts that are long and thin like plant stalks: stalky legs, a stalky teenager.
Less commonly, stalky can mean moving stealthily, from the verb stalk: a stalky predator.
Tall and ungainly thin
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
gangling · coltish · loose-limbed · uncoordinated · clumsy · beanpole · scrawny · angular
lanky
Tall and ungainly thin
awkward · gangling · coltish · loose-limbed · uncoordinated · clumsy · beanpole · scrawny · angular · bony
thin
Small in diameter
narrow · elongated · wiry · lithe · reedy · gracile · attenuated · delicate · slight · wispy
stem
Plant's central axis
- fibrousMade of threads
- cellulosePlant wall polysaccharide
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
shoot · reed · bamboo · stringy · upright · rigid · cylindrical · pithy · jointed · segmented
- corn stalksUpright cereal crop growths
- tall stalks
- stalking horseConcealed-purpose candidate
- night stalkerOne who hunts by darkness
- celery stalkSingle edible rib
- cyber stalkingInternet-based persistent pursuit
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