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pedicel
[ ped-uh-suhl, -sel ]
noun
- Botany.
- a small stalk.
- an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
- one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
- Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.
pedicel
/ pɪˈdɪsɪˌleɪt; ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl /
noun
- the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
- Also calledpeduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
- the second segment of an insect's antenna
pedicel
/ pĕd′ĭ-səl /
- A small stalk supporting a single flower in an inflorescence.
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Derived Forms
- pedicellate, adjective
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Other Words From
- ped·i·cel·lar [ped-, uh, -, sel, -er], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pedicel1
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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.
The berries are quite persistent, hanging to the pedicel some time after ripe.
Each cirrus consists of a two-jointed pedicel, carrying two multiarticulated rami.
There are, also, powerful muscles giving movement to the basal segments of the pedicel of the first pair of cirri.
Each cirrus consists of a pedicel, having a long basal and a short upper segment, supporting two multiarticulate rami.
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