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    What nursery rhyme character likely had a peduncle as a rooftop?

    Question #110468. Asked by BRY2K.

    queproblema

    Peter the pumpkin eater's wife.

    Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
    Had a wife but couldn't keep her.
    He put her in a pumpkin shell
    And there he kept her very well.
    http://www.alphabet-soup.net/goose/peter.html

    The pumpkin stem is more properly known as a peduncle.
    "Monsanto scientist Bill Johnson is trying to breed the perfect pumpkin peduncle.

    "Stout and dark green, the modern-day peduncle, known as a stem outside the plant breeding world, is the result of decades of intensive breeding,..."

    And, why would Monsanto care about pumpkin peduncles? To make better jack-o-lantern lids!
    http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-10-31-monsanto-pumpkin_x.htm

    Nov 03 09, 10:02 PM

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