pedicel

[ ped-uh-suhl, -sel ]

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.

pedicel

/ ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl; pɪˈdɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

1. the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
2. Also calledpeduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
3. the second segment of an insect's antenna

pedicel

/ pĕd′ĭ-səl /

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

Derived Forms

• pedicellate, adjective

Other Words From

• ped·i·cel·lar [ped-, uh, -, sel, -er], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicel¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicel¹

C17: from New Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from pēs foot

Example Sentences

The hole in the shell serves for the protrusion of a pedicel or foot by means of which the animal is enabled to attach itself.

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The berries are quite persistent, hanging to the pedicel some time after ripe.

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Each cirrus consists of a two-jointed pedicel, carrying two multiarticulated rami.

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There are, also, powerful muscles giving movement to the basal segments of the pedicel of the first pair of cirri.

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Each cirrus consists of a pedicel, having a long basal and a short upper segment, supporting two multiarticulate rami.

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Related Words

• trunk
• twig