The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
caudicle — cau·di·cle … English syllables
caudicle — ˈkȯdə̇kəl noun ( s) Etymology: probably from New Latin caudicula, diminutive of Latin cauda tail more at coward : the slender stalklike appendage of the pollen masses in orchids … Useful english dictionary
Caudicula — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Orchidaceae — Orchid redirects here. For other uses, see Orchid (disambiguation). Orchidaceae Temporal range: 80 Ma … Wikipedia
Angraecum sesquipedale — Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Pollinium — Pollinium, or plural pollinia, is a coherent mass of pollen grains. They are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in various plants, such as orchids and many species of… … Wikipedia
Stipe (botany) — In botany, a stipe is a supportive structure that may be the stem like part of the thallus of a seaweed or a true leaf stem, as in ferns. In the case of ferns, the stipe is only the petiole (or stem) from the rootstock to the beginning of the… … Wikipedia
Stalk — can mean: * loosely, a plant stem, or any structure resembling a plant stem ** more precisely, in botany, the filament of a stamen, pedicel, peduncle, petiole, scape, caudicle or stipe (botany) ** in mycology, a stipe (mycology) is the stem or… … Wikipedia
Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae — The taxonomy of the orchid family has evolved slowly during the last 150 years, starting with Carolus Linnaeus who in 1753 recognized eight genera. De Jussieu recognized the Orchidaceae as a separate family in 1789. Olof Swartz recognized 25… … Wikipedia
Epidendroideae — Taxobox name = Epidendroid orchids image caption = Epidendrum schomburgkii regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Epidendroideae subdivision ranks = Tribes subdivision … Wikipedia
