Peduncle

Quick meaning: Peduncle is a noun meaning (botany) The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.

Meaning

(botany) The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.

More Meanings

1. (botany) A short stalk at the base of a reproductive structure of a non-flowering plant.
2. (anatomy) A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
3. (anatomy) In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures such as the peduncles of some barnacles.
4. (anatomy) A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
5. (zoology) A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).
6. (anatomy) In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.

Example Sentences

On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.

Word Forms

• peduncles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stalk, antennular, stem, penduncle, pedunculation, pedicle.

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