Pedicel

Pedicel
Pedicel 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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis lion}. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Pedicel (botany) — A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower. The stem or branch that holds a group of pedicels… …   Wikipedia

  • pedicel — noun Etymology: New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus Date: 1676 a slender basal part of an organism or one of its parts: as a. a plant stalk that supports a fruiting or spore bearing organ b. a narrow basal attachment (as of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • pedicel — pedicellar /ped euh sel euhr/, adj. /ped euh seuhl, sel /, n. 1. Bot. a. a small stalk. b. an ultimate division of a common peduncle. c. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower. 2. Zool. a pedicle or… …   Universalium

  • pedicel — noun /ˈpɛdɪsəl/ a) A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore producing body within a cluster. b) A stalk shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk …   Wiktionary

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