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(botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached..
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.
The caudicle holds the pollen grains together (Proctor and Harder 1994; Fig. 1).
Use caudicle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Caudicle means (botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached..
Common synonyms include stipe.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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