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Pedicel

Pedicel Meaning & Definition
Pedicel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pedicel?

[n] a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pedicel: pedicle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pedicel: anthrophore | axis | baluster | balustrade | banister | base | bole | cane | carpophore | caryatid | caudex | caulicle | caulis | colonnade | column | culm | dado | die | footstalk | funicule | funiculus | haulm | jack | leafstalk | newel-post | pedestal | peduncle | petiole | petiolule | petiolus | pier | pilaster | pile | piling | pillar | plinth | pole | post | queen-post | reed | seedstalk | shaft | socle | spear | spire | staff | stalk | stanchion | stand | standard | stem | stipe | stock | straw | subbase | surbase | tigella | trunk | upright

See Also | peduncle | ray

Pedicel In Webster's Dictionary

\Ped"i*cel\, n. [F. p['e]dicelle. See {Pedicle}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See {Peduncle}, and Illust. of {Flower}. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in alg[ae], or a sporangium in ferns. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis lion}. 3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.

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