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Webster 1913 Edition
Peduncle
Pe-dun′cle
,Noun.
[Formed fr. (assumed) L.
pedunculus
, dim. of pes
, pedis
, a foot: cf. F. pédoncule
.] 1.
(Bot.)
The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.
☞ The ultimate divisions or branches of a peduncle are called pedicels. In the case of a solitary flower, the stalk would be called a peduncle if the flower is large, and a pedicel if it is small or delicate.
2.
(Zool.)
A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of
Barnacle
. 3.
(Anat.)
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Peduncle
PEDUN'CLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
peduncle
peduncle
English
Noun
peduncle (plural peduncles)
- (botany) The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
- (botany) A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- (anatomy) A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
- (anatomy) In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna.
- (anatomy) A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
- (zoology) A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).
Translations
stalk supporting an inflorescence, etc