peduncle

English[edit]

From Late Latin pedunculus, from pedis, genitive of pēs (“foot”).

peduncle (plural peduncles)

(botany) The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
(botany) A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
  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.
(anatomy) A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
(anatomy) In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures such as the peduncles of some barnacles
(anatomy) In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.
(anatomy) A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
(zoology) A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).

botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence

Breton: troadenn f
Catalan: peduncle (ca) m
Cebuano: pawod
Esperanto: pedunklo
Finnish: kukintoranka, kukkalapakko, lapakko (axis); kukkavarsi (supporting stalk)
French: pédoncule (fr) m
Greek: κοτσάνι (el) n (kotsáni)
Ido: pedunklo (io)
Occitan: pecol (oc) m, pedoncul m
Polish: szypuła f
Spanish: pedúnculo (es) m
Welsh: pedwncl m

botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure

bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain

anatomy, arthropoda: base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures

anatomy, vertebrates, base of any relatively massive anatomical member

anatomy: stem attaching a mass of tissue to the body

zoology: collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal