<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Botany: a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower.</li><li>the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.</li><li>Zoology: a stalk or stem; a stalklike part or structure.</li><li>Anatomy: a stalklike structure composed of white matter, connecting various regions of the brain.</li><li>an attachment process, as in the brachiopods.</li></ul>