caudicle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

caudicles plural caudicula alternative

词源

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