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peduncle
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peduncle
1. the stalk of a plant bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2. Anatomy a stalklike structure, esp a large bundle of nerve fibres within the brain
3. Pathol a slender process of tissue by which a polyp or tumour is attached to the body
4. Biology another name for pedicel

peduncle [′pē‚dəŋ·kəl]
(anatomy)
A band of white fibers joining different portions of the brain.
(botany)
A flower-bearing stalk.
A stalk supporting the fruiting body of certain thallophytes.
(invertebrate zoology)
The stalk supporting the whole or a large part of the body of certain crinoids, brachiopods, and barnacles.


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gloeosporioides como agente causal da antracnose e podridao peduncular em mamoeiro, o presente trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de estudar os efeitos inibitorios de extratos vegetais, indutores de resistencia e fungicida sobre o desenvolvimento do patogeno in vitro e in vivo.
We also found a correlation between ventricular and peduncular asymmetry (r = -.
In the stage A juvenile, the distolateral tooth is small, and partially obscured by setae on the dorsodistal margin of the first peduncular segment; in the stage B juvenile, the tooth is missing.
 
 
 
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