How to Use peduncle in a Sentence

peduncle

noun
Definition of pedunclenext
  • First, the carcass had to be secured around the peduncle, the portion of a whale’s body that tapers back to the fluke.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2019
  • In the sulci and peduncles of fox brains, Hecht might see signs of whether this theory or others hit the mark.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Spray: a group of blooms that arise from one peduncle and develop into many flowers on short pedicles.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Fruits are buried in the soil by the downward bending of the flowering stems (peduncles) after flowering.
    — Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
  • During peduncle elongation, the stalks bearing the blossom buds extend and the flowers become visible.
    — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Last year, peak bloom occurred just four days after the peduncle elongation stage because of exceptionally warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Park Service horticulturalists monitor a specific group of Yoshino cherry trees to track them through the six stages to peak bloom: green buds, florets visible, extension of florets, peduncle elongation, puffy white and peak bloom.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The subterranean stems also occasionally send up flower stems (aka peduncles).
    — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 6 July 2017
  • In addition to its color, this plant part is in specific relation: perhaps unhelpfully peduncolo means peduncle, which is a stem that ends at a flower or a fruit, this grape’s lifeline bestowing also the cultivar’s red name.
    — Susan H. Gordon, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • The subterranean stems also occasionally send up flower stems (peduncles).
    — Kenneth Setzer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2017

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