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peduncle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: peduncle

1
 n
stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2
 n
the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
3
 n
a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: peduncle
1

n stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower

Types:
pedicel, pedicle
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
ray
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
Type of:
flower stalk, scape
erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
2

n the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body

Type of:
growth
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
3

n a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

Synonyms:
cerebral peduncle
Type of:
nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
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