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

That which supports each separate flower of the cluster is a Partial peduncle, and is generally called a Pedicel.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Pedicel, ped′i-sel, n. the little footstalk by which a single leaf or flower is fixed on the twig or on the cluster of which it forms a part—also Ped′icle.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Pedicel 1/3 as long as the sessile spikelets; nodes usually glabrous; ligule usually short and membranous.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Pedicel, the stalk of each particular flower of a cluster, 73.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Related Words

• trunk
• twig