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peduncle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peduncle  \Pe*dun"cle\,  n.  [Formed  fr  (assumed)  L.  pedunculus 
  dim.  of  pes,  pedis,  a  foot:  cf  F.  p['e]doncule.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  The  stem  or  stalk  that  supports  the  flower  or  fruit 
  of  a  plant,  or  a  cluster  of  flowers  or  fruits. 
 
  Note:  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.  (Zo["o]l.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peduncle 
  n  1:  the  thin  process  of  tissue  that  attaches  a  polyp  to  the  body 
  2:  stalk  bearing  an  inflorescence  or  solitary  flower 
  3:  a  bundle  of  myelinated  neurons  joining  different  parts  of 
  the  brain 




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