| green stalk | 0.86 | The green stalks are all around. | ||
| short stalk | 0.59 | These are borne on short stalks. | ||
| tall stalk | 0.46 | Agave plants sent up tall stalks topped by bright yellow flowers. | ||
| slender stalk | 0.39 | The fruit is subtended by a short slender stalk, maturing to light brown. | ||
| thin stalk | 0.39 | - The thin brown stalks lean with the wind. | ||
| brown stalk | 0.33 | - The thin brown stalks lean with the wind. | ||
| long stalk | 0.33 | The next leaves are floating ones borne on long stalks. | ||
| red stalk | 0.33 | The stalks hold their colors when cooked, but red stalks tend to bleed a bit. | ||
| dead stalk | 0.26 | Cotton is little more than dead stalks, with a few clinging cotton bolls. |