- The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a
plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits. - A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are
attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle. - 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.
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