pedunculate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of pedunculate
From the New Latin word pedunculātus, dating back to 1750–60. See peduncle, -ate 1
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The pedunculate oak, which was cut down on 3 April, was located on the edge of an Enfield council-owned park in north London and overlooked the Toby Carvery pub.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
The pedunculate oak, which was cut down on 3 April, was located on the edge of Enfield council-owned park in north London and overlooked a Toby Carvery.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
An Enfield Council planning document from March 2024 found the pedunculate oak, on the edge of Whitewebbs Park, had high ecological and landscape value.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
The researchers looked at how long enveloped and nonenveloped viruses remained infectious on the surface of six types of wood: Scots pine, silver birch, gray alder, eucalyptus, pedunculate oak and Norway spruce.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
Her garb is bronzed black, with pale legs and a heart shaped, pointed, slightly pedunculate abdomen, with never a trace of a probe for inoculating the eggs.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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