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pe·dun·cu·late

 (pĭ-dŭng′kyə-lĭt, -lāt′) also pe·dun·cu·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)
adj.
Having or supported on a peduncle.
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pedunculate

(pɪˈdʌŋkjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt) or

pedunculated

adj
(Biology) having, supported on, or growing from a peduncle
peˌduncuˈlation n
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pe•dun•cu•late

(pɪˈdʌŋ kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt)

also pe•dun′cu•lat`ed,



adj.
having or growing on a peduncle.
[1750–60; < New Latin pedunculātus]
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Adj.1.pedunculate - having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk"
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
stalkless, sessile - attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
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The results showed that sessile oak or Quercus petraea (27 samples) was richer in sweet triterpenes and poorer in the bitter one than pedunculate oak or Quercus robur (19 samples), with high inter-individual variations within species.
Decline of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) was observed synchronously in a number of sites (Helama et al., 2009, 2014; Sohar et al., 2014a), this event thus contributing to the wider episode of dying back in this region, southern Finland, where the remaining stands represent the northern distributional limit of Quercus worldwide (Axelrod, 1983; Ducousso & Bordacs, 2004).
Mae'n rhaid eu bod wedi cyrraedd Ynysoedd Prydain efo dyfodiad derwen Twrci, oherwydd mae un genhedlaeth o'r gwenyn bob tro yn dodwy ar flodau derwen Twrci, a'r nesaf ar y derw mes di-goes (Quercus petrea; Sessile oak) neu derw mes coesynnog (Quercus robur; Pedunculate oak), wedyn 'nol at dderwen Twrci ac yn y blaen."
To test whether the hermaphrodite and male sexes are fixed or plastic in the androdioecious pedunculate barnacle Octolasmis warwickii, we conducted a series of 22-day-long transplanting experiments to evaluate the effects of a) the original site (attached to the conspecific vs.
In Lithuania however, situated beyond the continuous range of the beech, pedunculate oak becomes the essential tree in habitats of G.
Under such conditions, sessile oak grows either in pure or mixed stands along with other broadleaved tree species such as European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), linden (Tilia sp.) or other Quercus species such as pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto L.) or Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.) (Haralamb, 1967; Stanescu et al., 1997; Sofletea and Curtu, 2007).
Racemes 6-20 cm long, flowers crowded, pedunculate; pedicles 1 mm long.
2 B), proximal and medial spikes pedunculate, and slightly overlapping red floral bracts.
Structure: body oblong, parallel-sided; head with vertex slightly convex; eyes simple, barely pedunculate; buccula low, short, scarcely extended backward as far as the antenniferous tubercles, and apically rounded; rostrum reaching middle third of metasternum; pronotum with collar wide; frontal angles obtuse, rounded; anterolateral margins narrowly but distinctly carinate; humeral angles rounded, not exposed; fore femur with two subapical spines; middle and hind femora unarmed; macropterous, hemelytral membrane extending beyond the apex of last abdominal segment; costal margin slightly emarginate; apical margin straight; apical angle subacute; abdomen parallel, not dilated.
Ar lawr gwlad yn Lloegr y dderwen goesynnog - y 'pedunculate oak', Quercus robur, ydi'r dderwen sy'n fwyaf cyffredin.