pedunculate, a. Nat. Hist.
(pɪˈdʌŋkjʊlət)
[ad. mod.L. pedunculāt-us, f. pedunculus: see above and -ate2. In mod.F. pédonculé (1798 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Furnished with or having a peduncle or peduncles; supported by a peduncle; stalked.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. (1765) 61 When many pedunculate Flowers are produced out of one common Calyx. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 306 Pedunculate,..when the head is constricted behind into a distinct neck. 1852 Dana Crust. i. 7 The species with pedunculate eyes. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 298 A typical pedunculate Cirripede. |