Preposition: of

• celery: Some purists claim it's tacky to garnish a Bloody Mary with a stalk of celery instead of the traditional swizzle stick.

• polyp: The abnormal cells first invade the stalk of the polyp, then the underlying tissue of the colon to which the stalk is attached.

Object

• deer: Let's face it, nobody really wants to stalk deer.

• carp: Whilst you can stalk carp on some waters most of the time, these conditions really make life a lot easier.

Converse of object

• discard: Strain off the liquid from the casserole and discard the parsley stalks, orange zest and bay leaf.

• chop: The combine picks up the rows and harvests the seed, chopping the stalks and spreading them as it goes along.

• trim: Trim the stalks to roughly the same length to ensure even cooking and tie in bunches of 6-8 stems.

Adjective modifier

• slender: The flowers grow on long, slender stalks, which makes it possible to make daisy chains.

• pituitary: The portal vessels run down the pituitary stalk ( infundibulum ) to arrive at the pituitary gland.

• flowering: The flowers are first produced on the bottom of the flowering stalk or raceme.

• tall: Then she put the basket among the tall stalks of grass at the edge of the Nile River.

• thick: They grow in closely packed rows on a tall, thick stalk, and have a pungent, slightly bitter flavor.

Noun used with modifier

• yarrow: Now, we take the planets and stars as our language, rather than cards or yarrow stalks or lines on the hands.

• celery: Meanwhile, chop 1 red onion, dice 3 ripe tomatoes and 2 celery stalks.

• parsley: Strain off the liquid from the casserole and discard the parsley stalks, orange zest and bay leaf.

• leaf: The leaf stalks are up to 5 cm long with 2 large gland s at the leaf end.

• asparagus: Slice the washed asparagus stalks finely, setting the tips aside.

• cabbage: This applies to soft vegetables as well as tougher wastes such as cabbage stalks or twiggy material.