About The Word Pedicel
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Pedicel
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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 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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