caudiclen.
/ˈkɔːdɪk(ə)l/ Botany.
The small stalk-like appendage to the pollinia or pollen-masses of orchids.
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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 265 Pollen masses with a caudicula.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 195 A mass of pollen-grains affixed to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle.
1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. vi. 234 Caudicle or stalk.
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