Footstalk /(?)/

Foot·stalk

Footstalk

n.
  1. The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle. (Bot.)
  2. The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (Zool.)
  3. The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. (Mach.)