peduncle
1. the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body • Hypernyms: growth • Part Holonyms: pedunculated polyp 2. stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower • Hypernyms: scape, flower stalk • Hyponyms: pedicel, pedicle 3. a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain • Syn: cerebral peduncle • Hypernyms: nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway • Part Holonyms: forebrain, prosencephalon
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