pe|dun|cle

pe|dun|cle
pe|dun|cle «pih DUHNG kuhl», noun.
a stalk; stem; stalklike part (of a flower, fruit, cluster, or animal body), such as a stalk that bears the fructification in some fungi, the stalk of a lobster's eye, or a white bundle of nerve fibers connecting various parts of the brain.
╂[< New Latin pedunculus (diminutive) < Latin pēs, pedis foot]

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