pedicel
Americannoun
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Botany.
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a small stalk.
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an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
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one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
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Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.
noun
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the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
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Also called: peduncle. biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
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the second segment of an insect's antenna
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
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A narrowing called the articulation separates the floral axis from the lower pedicel, which attached the flower to a stem.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Fertile flower solitary in the middle of the involucre, soon protruded on a long pedicel, consisting of a 3-lobed and 3-celled ovary with no calyx, or a mere vestige.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Achene ovate, flat, extremely oblique, reflexed on the winged or margined pedicel, nearly naked.—Perennial herbs, with stinging hairs, large alternate serrate leaves, and axillary stipules.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The end of a peduncle or pedicel upon which the organs of a flower, or the flowers of a head, are attached.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
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