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Scape :: Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like..

Terebratula :: Terebratula (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell..

Polyanthus :: Polyanthus (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus..

Supraglotic :: Suprafoliaceous (a.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower..

Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles..

Podocephalous :: Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

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..

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

Triflorous :: Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle..

Stem :: Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..

Sparse :: Sparse (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like..

Peduncled :: Peduncled (a.) Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.

Umbel :: Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant..

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..

Suprabranchial :: Supra-axillary (a.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous..

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