peduncular

noun

1. Botany.
   1. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower.
   2. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
2. Zoology. a stalk or stem; a stalklike part or structure.
3. Anatomy.
   1. a stalklike structure composed of white matter, connecting various regions of the brain.
   2. an attachment process, as in the brachiopods.

noun

1. the stalk of a plant bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2. anatomy a stalklike structure, esp a large bundle of nerve fibres within the brain
3. pathol a slender process of tissue by which a polyp or tumour is attached to the body
4. biology another name for pedicel (def. 2)

n.1753, from Modern Latin pedunculus “footstalk,” diminutive of pes (genitive pedis) “foot” (see foot (n.)). n.

1. pedicle
2. pedunculus

1. The stalk that attaches a single flower, flower cluster, or fruit to the stem. See more at flower.
2. A stalk supporting an animal organ, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.
3. A slender stalk by which the base of a nonsessile tumor is attached to normal tissue.
4. Any of several stalklike connecting structures in the brain, composed either of white matter or of white and gray matter.