pedicel

American  

[ped-uh-suhl, -sel] / ˈpɛd ə səl, -ˌsɛl /

noun

1. Botany.

   1. a small stalk.

   2. an ultimate division of a common peduncle.

   3. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.

2. Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.

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pedicel British  

/ ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl, pɪˈdɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

1. the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence

2. Also called: peduncle.  biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism

3. the second segment of an insect's antenna

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pedicel Scientific  

/ pĕd′ĭ-səl /

1. A small stalk supporting a single flower in an inflorescence.

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Other Word Forms

• pedicellar adjective
• pedicellate adjective

Etymology

Origin of pedicel

1670–80; < New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus a little foot. See pedicle

Example Sentences

Others said the animal could be even rarer than that, and attributed the extra growth to damage to the pedicels, the structures in the skull that support antlers.

From The Guardian

Corolla ovate to globular, 4–5-toothed; filaments glabrous; anthers 2-awned on the back, included; berry 4–5-celled; leaves deciduous; flowers on drooping pedicels, solitary or few together, appearing with or after the leaves; mostly glabrous.

From Project Gutenberg

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

From Project Gutenberg

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

From Project Gutenberg

Subtended, supported or surrounded; as a pedicel by a bract, or a flower-cluster by an involucre.

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Related Words

• trunk
• twig