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peduncle
noun
- Anat. a stalklike bundle of nerve fibers connecting various parts of the brain
- Bot.
- the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescence
- the stalk of a solitary flower which is regarded as a reduced inflorescence, as in the narcissus
- Med. a narrow, stalklike base of a tumor or polyp
- Zool. a slender, stalklike part, as between the abdomen and middle section of an insect, or the stalk of a goose barnacle; pedicel
Related Forms:
- peduncular adjective
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