A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.
A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).
A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna or stalk-like structures such as the peduncles of some barnacles
A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
A rattan cane.
To sprout ratoons.
To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons.