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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

/ pĕdĭ-səl /

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


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Derived Forms

  • pedicellate, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ped·i·cel·lar [ped-, uh, -, sel, -er], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicel1

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

Origin of pedicel1

C17: from New Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from pēs foot
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Example Sentences

The hole in the shell serves for the protrusion of a pedicel or foot by means of which the animal is enabled to attach itself.

The berries are quite persistent, hanging to the pedicel some time after ripe.

Each cirrus consists of a two-jointed pedicel, carrying two multiarticulated rami.

There are, also, powerful muscles giving movement to the basal segments of the pedicel of the first pair of cirri.

Each cirrus consists of a pedicel, having a long basal and a short upper segment, supporting two multiarticulate rami.

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