Found 2 items, similar to pedicel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pedicel pedicel n : a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle [syn: pedicle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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]