1. having a peduncle; supported by or growing on a stalk
Usage: botanical; zoological

Examples

• The pedunculate oak is distinguished by its acorns growing on long stalks.
• Pedunculate flowers are easier to identify than sessile ones.
• The botanist noted that the specimen had pedunculate leaves.
• Many pedunculate barnacles attach themselves to rocks by flexible stalks.
• The pedunculate structure allowed the organism to reach toward the light.
• Researchers studied the pedunculate appendages of the marine creature.