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Definition of Caudicle
1. n. A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.
Definition of Caudicle
1. a part of an orchid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Caudicle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caudicle
Literary usage of Caudicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"Gradation of organs, of the rostellum, of the pollen-masses—Formation of the
caudicle—Genealogical affinities—Secretion of nectar— Mechanism of the movement ..."
2. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"It is unnecessary to go into biological details ; what more immediately concerns
us is, in the first place, the nature of the tensions in the caudicle, ..."
3. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"In some orchids there is no caudicle to the pollen-masses, and the grains are
merely tied together by fine threads; but as these are not confined to orchids ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"The pollinia are by this means transported by insects from one flower to the
stigma of another. In some orchids there is no caudicle to the pollen-masses, ..."
5. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"In some orchids there is no caudicle to the pollen-masses, and the grains are
merely tied together by fine threads; but as these are not confined to orchids ..."
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