Peduncle

Definitions: Peduncle

Peduncle

Noun

1. The thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body.

2. Stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower.

3. A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain.

Domain	Definitions
Biology & Biotechnology	A stalk that supports a mass of CaCO3 granules from the side of a cell wall. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	The stalk by which the bunch or cluster is attached to the vine. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	A narrow supporting part, a stem. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Pendency	Noun: pendency, dependency; suspension, hanging; Verb: pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail
	Having a peduncle; Noun: pedunculate, tailed, caudate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Peduncle

English words defined with "peduncle": Anatifa ♦ Flocculus, flower stalk, Footstalk ♦ Oppositifolious ♦ pedicel, pedicle, Peduncled, Peduncular, pedunculate, Pedunculated, pedunculated polyp, Pennatulacea, Podocephalous ♦ stalked, Stalk-eyed, Subpeduncular, Subpedunculate, Supra-axillary, Suprafoliaceous ♦ Terebratula, Triflorous ♦ Uniflorous. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peduncle": Entopeduncular Nucleus ♦ Red Nucleus. (references)

Etymologies containing "peduncle": Pedunculata. (references)

"Peduncle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peduncle" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	14	93,893

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Language		Translations for "peduncle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏سويقة تحمل زهرة أو عنقودا, ‏رجيلة (pedicel, stalk). (various references)

Bulgarian		стълбче (baluster, banister, pedicle, plume, stalk, stylus), стъбълце (pedicel, pedicle), стъбло (pivot, scape, shaft, shank, stalk, stock, tige, trunk), краче, дръжка (arm, bail, ear, grip, gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, hold, lever, petiole, pull, shank, stem, stock). (various references)

Czech		stopka (spindle, stalk, stem). (various references)

Danish		petiolus (petiole), pedunculus, pediculus (louse, pediculus), stilk (petiole, stalk, stem), lus (boil, harness, lice, louse, pediculus, seed). (various references)

Dutch		petiolus (petiole), pedunculus, pediculus (pediculus), steel (barrel, channel, flower stalk, handle, knob, peduncule, pipe, stalk, stem, stem-stalk, tube). (various references)

Farsi		ساقه گل . (various references)

French		pédoncule (peduncule). (various references)

German		Petiolus (petiole), Pedunculus, Pediculus (pediculus), stiel (blade, broomstick, cross beam, handle, helve, knob, petiole, shaft, shank, stalk, stem, strut, stud, transverse strut), Stiei. (various references)

Greek		κεντρικός άξονας (driveshaft, main cylinder, main drum, swift), καυλός (petiole), ράχις (border), ράχη (backboard, bank, bulk, edge, haunch, narrow face, ridge, ridge of high pressure, saddle, spine, tergum, thickness, wedge), ραχοκοκκαλιά του σταφυλιού, σκέλος (haunch, knee, leg, spreader, spreading wire), μίσχοσ (spear, stem), μίσχος (petiole, stalk, stem), ποδίσκος, φθείρα (pediculus), ψείρα (cootie, lice, louse, pediculus). (various references)

Hungarian		gyümölcsszár. (various references)

Italian		peduncolo (flower stalk, footstalk, leg, peduncule, petiole, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		花梗 (flower stalk). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		か�"う (aged 61, chemical engineering, crater, delicacy, descending, descent, downward, drop, estuary, fall, firelight, flower stalk, fragrance of flowers, good-eating fish, manufacturing, manuscript of poem, mouth of river, processing, rare treat, river port, subsidence, to enclose, treatment). (various references)

Manx		blaachass. (various references)

Pig Latin		edunclepay

Portuguese		pedúnculo (flower stalk, footstep, pediculus, peduncule, petiole, shank, stalk, stem, stem-stalk), pedículo (pedicel, pedicular, pediculus). (various references)

Romanian		peduncul (stalk). (various references)

Russian		цветоножка (pedicel, pedicle), плодоножка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		peteljka (pedicel, pedicle, petiole). (various references)

Spanish		pedúnculo (flower stalk, footstalk, peduncule, stalk, stem, stem-stalk). (various references)

Swedish		pedunkel, stjälk (blade, haulm, stalk, stem, Stipe), huvudstjälk. (various references)

Turkish		sapsı organ, sapçık (pedicel), sap (butt, cauline, grip, haft, halm, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, hilt, lug, nut, scape, shaft, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), beyin sapı, çiçek sapı (pedicel, pedicle). (various references)

Ukranian		стебельце (pedicel, pedicle), квітоніжка (pedicel, pedicle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "peduncle": peduncled, peduncles. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "peduncle" (pronounced 'Pe*dun"cle'): Ancle, Encircle, granduncle, Incircle, Incle, Mascle, Muscle, Nucle, Racle, Sarcle, Secle, Sicle, socle, Surcle, treacle, Zocle. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-l-n-p-u"
	-1 letter: cupeled, decuple.
	-2 letters: cleped, pencel.
	-3 letters: clepe, clued, cupel, deuce, dunce, duple, educe, elude, endue, pence, puled, uncle, undee, unled, upend.
	-4 letters: cede, cepe, clue, cued, deep, dele, dene, duce, duel, dune, dupe, lend, leud, luce, lude, lune, need, neep, nude, peed, peel, peen, pele, pend, pled, puce, pule, unde.
	-5 letters: cee, cel, cep, cud.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-l-n-p-u"
	+1 letter: centupled, peduncled, peduncles.
	+2 letters: encapsuled.
	+3 letters: pedunculate, uncompleted.
	+4 letters: encapsulated, pedunculated, unexpectedly.
	+5 letters: perpendicular, prescheduling, supercalender, unpredictable, unspecialized.
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