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peduncle
(encz) | peduncle,květní stopka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Peduncle
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and
barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of
Barnacle.
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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.
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peduncle
(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 [syn: peduncle, cerebral peduncle] |
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cerebral peduncle
(encz) | cerebral peduncle, n: |
Peduncle
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and
barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of
Barnacle.
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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.
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Peduncled
(gcide) | Peduncled \Pe*dun"cled\, a.
Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
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Tern peduncles
(gcide) | Tern \Tern\, a. [L. pl. terni three each, three; akin to tres
three. See Three, and cf. Trine.]
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
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Tern flowers (Bot.), flowers growing three and three
together.
Tern leaves (Bot.), leaves arranged in threes, or three by
three, or having three in each whorl or set.
Tern peduncles (Bot.), three peduncles growing together
from the same axis.
Tern schooner (Naut.), a three-masted schooner.
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cerebral peduncle
(wn) | cerebral peduncle
n 1: a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of
the brain [syn: peduncle, cerebral peduncle] |
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