HyperDic: pedunculate

English > 1 sense of the word pedunculate:
ADJECTIVEallpedunculate, stalkedhaving or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
English > pedunculate: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk.
Examples
  • "a pedunculate flower"
  • "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk"
Synonymstalked
Categorybiology, biological scienceThe science that studies living organisms
Oppositesessile, stalklessattached directly by the base
Spanishpedunculado
Catalanpedunculat

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