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pedicel

 
Dictionary: ped·i·cel   (pĕd'ĭ-səl, -sĕl') pronunciation
n.
  1. Botany.
    1. A small stalk or stalklike part bearing a single flower in an inflorescence.
    2. A support for a fern sporangium or moss capsule.
  2. See pedicle (sense 1).

[New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus, diminutive of pēs, ped-, foot.]

pedicellar ped'i·cel'lar (-sĕl'ər) adj.

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(pĕd'ĭ-səl, -sĕl')
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. Also called footplate, foot process.
ped'i·cel'lar (-sĕl'ər) adj.

The stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence or cluster.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
  Synonym: pedicle


 
 

 

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