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caudicles

caudicles is the plural of caudicle.

Meaning of caudicle

Noun

caudicle (plural caudicles)

  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.1858, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, volume 2, Harvard Classics Edition, published 1909, page 251
    Synonyms:
    stipe

Questions about caudicles

What is caudicles the plural of?
Caudicles is the plural of caudicle.

Words near caudicles in the dictionary

  1. caudexes
  2. caudical
  3. caudices
  4. caudiciform
  5. caudicle
  6. caudicles
  7. caudicula
  8. caudiculae
  9. caudiculas
  10. caudiform
  11. caudilie

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