pedicellate

American  

[ped-uh-sel-it, -eyt, ped-uh-suh-lit, -leyt] / ˌpɛd əˈsɛl ɪt, -eɪt, ˈpɛd ə sə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having a pedicel or pedicels.

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Other Word Forms

• pedicellation noun

Etymology

Origin of pedicellate

First recorded in 1820–30; pedicel + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The spikelets are shortly pedicellate, pale-green about 1/4 inch long exclusive of the awn.

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

Spikelets spicate, in pairs, the pedicellate sterile or rudimentary; rhachis bearded.

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

General term for any loose and irregular flower-cluster, commonly of the racemose type, with pedicellate flowers.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low

Fruit drupe-like, with an oblong, 8-striate stone.—Leaves alternate, entire and petioled, and flowers axillary and pedicellate.

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

Spathes are 1/8 to 1/3 inch long, sessile or pedicellate, green, cymbiform, with subulate tips.

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