Caudicle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

    "A pollinium when highly developed consists of a mass of pollen-grains, affixed to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle, and this to a little mass of extremely viscid matter."

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stipestipe

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"A pollinium when highly developed consists of a mass of pollen-grains, affixed to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle, and this to a little mass of extremely viscid matter."

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin cauda (“tail, appendage”).

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