pedunculate

[ pi-duhng-kyuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

1. having a peduncle.
2. growing on a peduncle.

pedunculate

/ -ˌleɪt; pɪˈdʌŋkjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. having, supported on, or growing from a peduncle

Derived Forms

• peˌduncuˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• pe·dun·cu·la·tion noun
• sub·pe·dun·cu·late adjective
• sub·pe·dun·cu·lat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedunculate¹

From the New Latin word pedunculātus, dating back to 1750–60. See peduncle, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The researchers looked at how long enveloped and nonenveloped viruses remained infectious on the surface of six types of wood: Scots pine, silver birch, gray alder, eucalyptus, pedunculate oak and Norway spruce.

From Science Daily

Other trees tested, including European sycamores, European beech trees, and pedunculate oaks, burst about seven and a half days earlier in brighter conditions.

From National Geographic

Seeds crested.—Biennial herb with brittle stems, saffron-colored acrid juice, pinnately divided or 2-pinnatifid and toothed or cut leaves, and small yellow flowers in a pedunculate umbel; buds nodding.

From Project Gutenberg

The shape and situation of the dilatation are of importance in promoting the formation of the thrombus; the more pedunculate and the more voluminous the sac the more certain is the thrombosis.

From Project Gutenberg

A flower having a stalk is called pedunculate or pedicellate; one having no stalk is sessile.

From Project Gutenberg