pedunculate
/pəˈdʌŋkjələt/
adjective
- Having a stalk or stem that supports a flower, fruit, or other plant part.
- In the garden, the pedunculate berries hung from slender stems.
- The pedunculate oak is easily recognized by its long-stalked acorns.
- Botanists noted that the pedunculate flowers were more accessible to pollinators.
- Having a stalk-like structure that attaches an organ or growth to the body, used especially in biology for certain tumors or body parts.
- Some barnacles are pedunculate, attaching to surfaces via a flexible stalk.
- The surgeon removed a pedunculate polyp from the patient's colon.
- A pedunculate growth can often be removed with a simple outpatient procedure.
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