"metal stalk" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a type of plant or object, as "stalk" refers to a slender stem or piece that supports something. Here is an example: "The metal stalk of the flower stood tall and sturdy, reflecting the sunlight off its shiny surface."
Couches from the 1950's reupholstered in vintage fabric (like the one shown above, $3,000) form two living room vignettes, one of which includes a glass coffee table with a metal wheat-stalk base (also shown, $1,500).
The transfer factor (TF) was calculated as the concentration ratio of the trace metals in the stalks and leaves of S. oleracea to the concentration of the trace metals in the soil.
The former Reading keeper has a sizeable gun collection, listens to heavy metal, likes to go deer stalking near his old home in Berkshire, spends hours doing up the many cars he owns and, to the bemusement of his team-mates completes a 10-mile round trip into training on his mountain bike every day.
The study assessed trace metal levels in the leaves, stalks and roots of Spinacia oleracea harvested from soil treated with urine in comparison to chemical fertilizers and biosolids.
They also reported that modified corn stalk had better potential of metal ion removal than unmodified corn stalk because of the addition of functional groups (–CN and –OH groups) and the lower crystallinity.
The smooth handle felt comfortable,and its flat metal bolster can crush peppercornsor lemon grass stalks.
In Zoroastrianism this has been done with a metal mortar and pestle, but originally the stalks were pounded between two pressing stones, a lower and an upper.
The feasibility of sunflower stalks for lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) metal ion adsorption has been investigated by Jalali and Aboulghazi (2013).
The link element that connects the radial beams assembly (one for each metal sheet) simulates the mechanical behaviour of the actual rivet stalk.
In the stalks, TF = C stalk/C soil and in the leaves, TF = C leaves/C soil with TF representing the transfer factor of S. oleracea, C stalk and C leaf representing the concentration of the trace metal in the stalks and leaves of S. oleracea, respectively, and C soil representing the concentration of the trace metal in the soil before the cultivation of S. oleracea.
