pedicel
nounUK /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/ · US /ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/
Etymology From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
7 senses
- 1A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once…
- 2A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
- 3A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that…
- 4A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen…
- 5The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
- 6The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between…
- 7The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
- Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])2004, Martine Dorais, “5: Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Cuticle Cracking”, in Jules Janick, editor, Horticultural Reviews, Volume 30, Wiley, page 170:
› A narrow stalk-like body part connecting…
- Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87:
- Derived terms
- pedicellar, pedicellate, pedicellation, pedicelled, pedicular, postpedicel