noun
- Botany.
- a small stalk.
- an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
- one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
- Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.
noun
- the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
- Also called: peduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
- the second segment of an insect’s antenna
n.1670s, from Modern Latin pedicellus, diminutive of pediculus (see pedicle). n.
- A small stalk, part, or organ, especially one serving as a support.
- The secondary process of a podocyte that helps form the visceral capsule of a renal corpuscle.footplate foot process
- A small stalk supporting a single flower in an inflorescence.