peduncle
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1. a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain (noun.body)
| part meronym | : | forebrain, prosencephalon, |
| definition | : | the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube (noun.body) |
2. stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | flower stalk, scape, |
| definition | : | erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pedicel, pedicle, |
| definition | : | a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle (noun.plant) |
3. the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | growth, |
| definition | : | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) (noun.state) |
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