Definition of peduncle

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Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits..

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Triflorous :: Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle..
Peduncled :: Peduncled (a.) Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits..
Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.
Subpellucid :: Subpedunculate (a.) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle..
Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..
Subpedunculate :: Subpeduncular (a.) Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum..
Pennatulacea :: Pennatulacea (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Podocephalous :: Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk..
Euryale :: Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles..
Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland..
Discina :: Discina (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle..
Peduncular :: Peduncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..
Uniflorous :: Uniflorous (a.) Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle..
Eyestalk :: Eyestalk (n.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip..
Brachiopoda :: Brachiopoda (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle..
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