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peduncle science definition
- The stalk that attaches a single flower, flower cluster, or fruit to the stem. See more at flower.
- A stalk supporting an animal organ, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.
- A slender stalk by which the base of a nonsessile tumor is attached to normal tissue.
- Any of several stalklike connecting structures in the brain, composed either of white matter or of white and gray matter.
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