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The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.

A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

g aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.

Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. (Zoöl.) See Podophthalmia.

A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.

Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing. Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.

Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous.

Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.

me fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

ves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set. -- Tern peduncles (Bot.), three peduncles growing together from the same axis. -- Tern schooner (Naut.), a three-masted schooner.

Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

the type of the family Tiliaceæ, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable arti…

Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.