Caudicle

Quick meaning: Caudicle is a noun meaning (botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

Meaning

(botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

Example Sentences

The caudicle holds the pollen grains together (Proctor and Harder 1994; Fig. 1).

A pollinium when highly developed consists of a mass of pollen-grains, affixed to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle, and this to a little mass of extremely viscid matter.

The structure of the rostellum and caudicles of the pollinia are worth noting. There are four pollinia, separated into two pairs. Each pair is attached to a long caudicle ending in a mass of sticky material or a distinct, viscid disc, except that in one species, I. intermedia, the two caudicles share a viscid disc. The rostellum in all species has two projections on which the caudicles lie.

Word Forms

• caudicles
• caudicula

Synonyms for caudicle

Depending on context, synonyms include stipe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stipe, caulicle, pollinarium, caulis, bacule, clinandrium.

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