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noun
A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: footstalk, strig
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: petiole
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: petiole
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noun
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: petiole
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noun
The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pedicle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: peduncle
Narrower terms: ray
History
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
Across languages
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