peduncle

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Peduncle elongation was reached on the second-earliest date since records of bud stages began in 2004.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Peduncle, flattened, gradually widening as it joins the capitulum, to which it is generally about equal in length, or a little longer.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Peduncle, wide at the summit, longer than the capitulum; calcified scales small, not arranged very regularly; flattened, spindle-shaped, rather far separated from each other; imbedded in membrane, so that even their summits are rarely uncovered.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Peduncle, short, about half the length of the capitulum; narrow; thickly clothed with minute, longitudinally elongated, spindle-shaped, calcareous scales or beads, which project but little.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Peduncle, a flower-stalk, whether of a single flower or of a flower-cluster, 73.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa