English Dictionary

caudicle

名詞

(botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

日本語の意味

植物学における用語。蘭類の植物で、花粉塊が付着するための細長く弾力性のある突起を指す。

The orchid's pollinia were attached to the visiting bee by a delicate caudicle that flexed with every movement.

ランの花粉塊は、訪れたミツバチに付着している細く弾力のある尾状柄によってつながっており、動くたびにしなっていた。

意味（1）

(botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

A pollinium when highly developed consists of a mass of pollen-grains, affixed to an elastic foot-stalk or caudicle, and this to a little mass of extremely viscid matter.

caudicles （ plural ）