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caudicle Bot.|ˈkɔːdɪk(ə)l|
[ad. L. *caudiculus, dim. of caudex; see prec. Also in the erroneous L. form.]
The small stalk-like appendage to the pollinia or pollen-masses of orchids.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 265 Pollen masses with a caudicula. 1842Gray Struct. Bot. vi. iv. (1880) 234 Caudicle or stalk. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. vii. (1878) 195 A mass of pollen-grains attached to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle. |