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pedicel

[ ped-uh-suhl, -sel ]

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.


pedicel

/ ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl; pɪˈdɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

  1. the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
  2. Also calledpeduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
  3. the second segment of an insect's antenna
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pedicel

/ ±èÄ•»å′ĭ-²õÉ™±ô /

  1. A small stalk supporting a single flower in an inflorescence.
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Derived Forms

  • pedicellate, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ð»å·¾±Â·³¦±ð±ô·±ô²¹°ù [ped-, uh, -, sel, -er], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pedicel1

1670–80; < New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus a little foot. See pedicle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pedicel1

C17: from New Latin pedicellus, from Latin ±è±ð»åÄ«³¦³Ü±ô³Ü²õ, from ±èŧ²õ foot
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Others said the animal could be even rarer than that, and attributed the extra growth to damage to the pedicels, the structures in the skull that support antlers.

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Spikelets ovate, not involucrate nor the pedicels bristly.

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An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

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The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

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It differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the Lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.

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