“STALKS” на русском языке

Carrots, potatoes, onions, and stalks of celery floated in the juices around the mutton, and Rew’s stomach rumbled at the rich aroma.

They were depicted in the throes of combat, battling a race of bizarre creatures who appeared like nothing more than ambulatory mushrooms whose stalks were split by fang-rimmed mouths.

Only two thirds of the standard bearers bore such devices, the rest made do with tall pennants of kelp, their rubbery stalks stripped, the upper part left with an unruly mop of fronds.