Dictionary

peduncle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɪˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Late Latin pedunculus, from pēs (“foot”, stem: ped-).

Meanings

1. The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
2. A short stalk at the base of a reproductive structure of a non-flowering plant.
   • 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. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
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.
5. In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.
6. A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
7. A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).

Forms

Deriveds

peduncled

Relateds

peduncular · pedicel · pedunculate

Translations (38)

fi hermosäiekimppu (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · oc pecol (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · eo pedunklo (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · fi varsi (anatomy, vertebrates, base of any relatively massive anatomical member) · cy pedwncl (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · nl steel (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · ar سُوَيْقَة (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · fr pédoncule (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · oc pedoncul (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · de Stielchen (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · fi lapakko (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · ca peduncle (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · fi kanta (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · fi kukintoranka (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · hu kocsány (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · de Stiel (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · de Hirnschenkel (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · br troadenn (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · es pedúnculo (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · de Stielchen (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · fi hermokimppu (zoology: collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal) · de Hirnstiel (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · ar تَعْرِيجَة (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · pl szypuła (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · ar سُوَيْق (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · io pedunklo (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · fi kukkalapakko (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · ar سُوَيْقَة (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · de Stiel (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · ar سُوَيْق (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · es pedúnculo (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · ar سُوَيْقَة (botany: short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure) · ca peduncle (bundle of neurons connecting parts of brain) · fi kukkavarsi (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · ar سُوَيْق (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · id pedunkel (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · ceb pawod (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence) · el κοτσάνι (botany: axis or supporting stalk of inflorescence)