Monday, February 15, 2010

Word 1245: Peduncle


noun Botany
the stalk bearing a flower or fruit, or the main stalk of an inflorescence
Zoology a stalklike part by which an organ is attached to an animal's body, or by which a barnacle or other sedentary animal is attached to a substrate
Anatomy any of several bundles of nerve fibers connecting two parts of the brain