pedicel









pedicel


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.

noun

  1. the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
  2. Also called: peduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
  3. the second segment of an insect’s antenna

n.1670s, from Modern Latin pedicellus, diminutive of pediculus (see pedicle). n.

  1. A small stalk, part, or organ, especially one serving as a support.
  2. The secondary process of a podocyte that helps form the visceral capsule of a renal corpuscle.footplate foot process

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