The peduncle is the fulcre of the fructifica - tion, or a partial ftem fupporting that only. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
The widely-cleft, shell-less test is supported upon a thick peduncle, which is immersed in the skin of the. From Wordnik.com. [Facts and Arguments for Darwin] Reference
Some of its axons pass backward to the abducent nucleus, this bundle is known as the peduncle of the superior olivary nucleus. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
Racemes two, both sessile, or one sessile and the other pedicelled on a peduncle which is more or less sheathed by a proper spathe, divaricate or deflexed. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
SERWER: The peduncle is the stem of the pumpkin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006] Reference
Gular peduncle: in Coleopteran = submental peduncle. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The leaf-sheath embracing the peduncle is longer than the lower sheaths. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
"The peduncle has not grown beyond yesterday's measurement of 14 inches"!. From Wordnik.com. ["The peduncle has not grown beyond yesterday's measurement of 14 inches"!] Reference
This Fabricius had looked upon as a blemish, a scar left by a broken peduncle. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
"The tract passed into the brain as deep as the left cerebral peduncle," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Money, Money, Money]
Althouse: "The peduncle has not grown beyond yesterday's measurement of 14 inches"!. From Wordnik.com. ["The peduncle has not grown beyond yesterday's measurement of 14 inches"!] Reference
The portion near the peduncle was binary, while the distal extremity of the fruit was ternary. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The inflorescence consists of usually two (rarely three) divaricating spikes on a long peduncle. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
This was, therefore, strictly analogous with those cases in which the peduncle is normally spiney. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Abdomen ovate, the node of the peduncle elevated, incrassate, rounded anteriorly, and flat behind. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Professor Owen states that the branchiæ "arise by a common peduncle from the inner surface of the mantle.". From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Each catkin is not more than half an inch long, on a very short peduncle, and with a rounded denticulated crest. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The nature of such cases may usually be determined by an inspection of the peduncle which shows no traces of fusion. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The leaf-sheath enclosing the base of the peduncle is rather long, glabrous with a tuft of short hairs at the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
This seed was evidently not permitted to ripen, but the calyx of the flower connected with the peduncle is quite perfect. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827] Reference
Their torpedo-shaped streamlined bodies, thin caudal peduncle, and stiff distinctively-shaped tails allow them to swim rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean] Reference
The foot of the mollusc is extended into a peduncle, consisting of fibres and tendons, by which the animal is a fixture to a spur of coral. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
A male swimmer has just whipped the whole muscular, tapering rear of its body — the peduncle, which powers the fluke — high in the air. From Wordnik.com. [back to work] Reference
Possibly in some of these cases the absence of the usual swelling of the upper part of the peduncle may be connected with its increased length. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
It is also interesting as showing how the peduncle may become swollen, and at the same time how the woody deposit of the endocarp may, as if by compensation, be deficient. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Moquin speaks of some pears, which were united, at an early stage, with one or two small leaves borne by the peduncle and grafted to the fruit by the whole of their upper surface. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
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