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Peduncle

/pɪˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/

The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.

📖 Definitions of "Peduncle"

noun

1
The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
2
A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
3
A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
4
In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures such as the peduncles of some barnacles

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
stalknoun	The stem or main axis of a plant.
antennular	(zoology) Of or relating to antennules or an antennule.
stemnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
pendunclenoun	Misspelling of peduncle. [(botany) The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.]
pedunculusnoun	A peduncle.
pedunculationnoun	The condition of being pedunculate
pediclenoun	A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
pedicelnoun	(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
pedunculatenoun	Such a flower
torusnoun	(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
footstalknoun	(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
umbelnoun	(botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.
diaphysisnoun	(anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.
pedicellationnoun	The formation of a pedicel or peduncle.
seedstalknoun	(botany) funicle
boursenoun	A stock exchange.
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.
filamentnoun	A fine thread or wire.
stylenoun	Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
pediculenoun	A pedicel