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pedunculate

American  
[pi-duhng-kyuh-lit, -leyt] / pɪˈdʌŋ kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
Also pedunculated

adjective

  1. having a peduncle.

  2. growing on a peduncle.


pedunculate British  
/ -ˌleɪt, pɪˈdʌŋkjʊlɪt /

adjective

  1. having, supported on, or growing from a peduncle

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Other Word Forms

  • pedunculation noun
  • subpedunculate adjective
  • subpedunculated adjective

Etymology

Origin of pedunculate

From the New Latin word pedunculātus, dating back to 1750–60. See peduncle, -ate 1

Example Sentences

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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

Other trees tested, including European sycamores, European beech trees, and pedunculate oaks, burst about seven and a half days earlier in brighter conditions.

From National Geographic

Erect, 1–2° high; stem and leaves more or less tomentose; leaflets 3, oval to oblong, obtuse or acutish; racemes short and shortly pedunculate.

From Project Gutenberg

The shape and situation of the dilatation are of importance in promoting the formation of the thrombus; the more pedunculate and the more voluminous the sac the more certain is the thrombosis.

From Project Gutenberg

A flower having a stalk is called pedunculate or pedicellate; one having no stalk is sessile.

From Project Gutenberg