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PEDUNCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

Synonyms:

cerebral peduncle; peduncle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("peduncle" is a kind of...):

nerve pathway; nerve tract; pathway; tract (a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain)

Holonyms ("peduncle" is a part of...):

forebrain; prosencephalon (the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("peduncle" is a kind of...):

flower stalk; scape (erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peduncle"):

pedicel; pedicle (a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("peduncle" is a kind of...):

growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Holonyms ("peduncle" is a part of...):

pedunculated polyp (a polyp with a stalk or peduncle)

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