Crossword-Solution: PEDUNCLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Peduncle | n. | The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits. |
| Peduncle | n. | A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle. |
| Peduncle | n. | A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “PEDUNCLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body | 1 answer |
| FOOTSTALK | 2 answers |
| pedicel | 4 answers |
| scape | 4 answers |
| Plant stalk | 5 answers |
| flower stalk | 5 answers |
| flower part | 36 answers |
| Stem | 37 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
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greedy person
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Sentences with PEDUNCLE (5)
See Anatiferous.] (Zo”l.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle.
The whole fructification is of large size; in the case of Cycadeoidea dacotensis, one of the species investigated by Wieland, the total length, in the bud condition, is about 12 cm., half of which belongs to the peduncle.
Berkeley thinks that Payer’s view is the most probable, namely, that the tendril is “a separate portion of the leaf itself;” but much may be said in favour of the belief that it is a modified flower-peduncle.
The whole moves spontaneously, like a true tendril, but in a less degree; the movement, however, is greater when the sub-peduncle (C) does not bear many flower-buds.
The common peduncle (A) has not the power of clasping a support, nor has the corresponding part of a true tendril.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2018).