peduncle

Other forms: peduncles

Definitions of peduncle

1. noun

   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. noun

   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. noun

   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