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The phrase "a stalk of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a single stem or shoot of a plant, often in the context of discussing vegetables or flowers.
Example: "She picked a stalk of celery from the garden to add to her salad."
Alternatives: "a stem of" or "a shoot of".
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Same with a stalk of grilled asparagus.
It is a stalk of corn.
At one point, Ludo likens himself to a stalk of grass held between her teeth.
What does a stalk of celery, a peapod, a strawberry say to you?
Iowa farmers used to call a stalk of corn growing in a soybean field a "volunteer".
"A piece was sticking up from the hosta that looked almost like a stalk of celery.
He was 44 and as thin as a stalk of barley.
She was holding a stalk of garlic in one hand and stroking it with the other.
One took hold and produced a stalk of wheat with 180 seeds -- the first wheat harvested in the New World.
I was carrying a stalk of romaine that Ms. Fox had given me to feed the fish.
Pita sheathing a supple yellow omelet, laced with salt and crunchy za'atar and adorned with a stalk of raw scallion.
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