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Inflorescence - peduncle

A pedunclepeduncle:
(n) the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescence
is the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescenceinflorescence:
(n) the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
. Generally, a stalk bearing a multiflowered inflorescenceinflorescence:
(n) the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
is a pedunclepeduncle:
(n) the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescence
, while one bearing a single flower lacks a pedunclepeduncle:
(n) the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescence
. An inflorescenceinflorescence:
(n) the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
in which, for example, several flowers arise directly from a leaf axilaxil:
(n) the angle between a leaf or branch and the stem or trunk from which it springs
, and are not borne on a common stalk, would also lack a pedunclepeduncle:
(n) the stalk of a flower cluster or inflorescence
. Keep in mind that some inflorescences may look like a single flower.

peduncle present  
peduncle present
peduncle absent  
peduncle absent
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