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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.

Other Word Forms

  • pedicellation noun

Etymology

Origin of pedicellate

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

Example Sentences

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Flowers perfect, pedicellate, sometimes subsessile and thyrsoid-spicate.

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Capsule pedicellate, oval, 8-ribbed, 2-celled, 2-valved.

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Flowers pedicellate, sometimes subsessile and thyrsoid-spicate.

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

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

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