CAUDICULA

(Lat.), n. f. Ka4d(ka3-u4d)-i2k'u2l(u4l)-as. Dim. of cauda, a tail. Fr., caudicule. Ger., Schwdnzchen, Schineifchen (2d def.). Syn.: stipes [Link] (2d def.), cauda [Link] (2d def.), proce us flliformis [R. Brown] (2d def.). 1. A little tail or cauda (q. v.). 2. The pedicle which bears the pollen-ma es in certain orchids and which is formed by an abortion of a portion of the pollen-substance itself. It is usually attached to the anther-wall through the medium of the retinaculum (q. v.). [B, 42, 121, 123, 198.] [s. 133]