Definition of Caudicle. Meaning of Caudicle. Synonyms of Caudicle

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Definition of Caudicle

Caudicle
Caudicle Cau"di*cle, Caudicula Cau*dic"u*la, n. [Dim. of L. cauda tail, appendage.] (Bot.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

Meaning of Caudicle from wikipedia

- insect. Some orchid genera have mealy pollinia. These are tapering into a caudicle (stalk), attached to the viscidium. They extend into the middle section...
- of the anther, as it is connected to the viscidium by the caudicle or stipe. The caudicle then bends and the pollinium is moved forwards and downwards...
- stalk that sometimes supports a flower's ovary. In orchids, the stipe or caudicle is the stalk-like support of the pollinia. It is a non-viscid band or strap...
- m**** of waxy pollen or of coherent pollen grains. The pollinia are with caudicle and viscidium or without. The stigma are entire or three-lobed; a beak...
- nonconcatenative †catēnula catēnul- cauda caud-, cod- tail cauda, caudal, caudate, caudicle, coda, codetta, curvicaudate, dequeue, enqueue, queue †caudicula caudicul-...
- apex of the pentagonal stigma. Pollinium one in each cell, pendulous caudicles slender. Carpels 2 distinct, styles 2, united to the single pentangular...
- 9 mm (0.16 to 0.35 in) from its base. Attached to the viscidium via the caudicle is the pollinia. Upon removing its proboscis from the flower, the pollinarium...
- (the caudicle) that carries the pollinia at its end. When the butterfly finishes winding its proboscis and flies to another flower, the caudicle dehydrates...
- i.e. a m**** of waxy pollen or of coherent pollen grains; pollinia with caudicle and viscidium or without; stigma entire or 3-lobed; rostellum present;...
- pollinium 1.2 x 1.5 mm, cleft, attached by a thin transparent and elastic caudicle to transparent stipe; stipe thin and roughly triangular, folded at base...