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peduncle

pe.dun.cle \'pe--.d*n-k*l, pi-'\ \-k*ld\ \pi-'d*n-ky*-l*r\ n [NL 
   pedunculus, dim. of L ped-, pes] 1: a stalk bearing a flower or flower 
   cluster of a fructification  2: a narrow part by which some larger part or 
   the whole body of an organism  is attached : STALK, PEDICEL 3: a narrow 
   stalk by which a tumor or polyp is attached  - pe.dun.cled aj