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