peduncle
1. [ noun ] (botany) stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
Related terms: scape pedicel
2. [ noun ] (medicine,pathology) the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
Related terms: growth pedunculated_polyp polyp
3. [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
Synonyms: cerebral_peduncle
Related terms: nerve_pathway forebrain
Similar spelling:   pedunculate