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Pedicel
//ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl// noun
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Noun
- 1 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])"
- 2 a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle wordnet
- 3 A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
- 4 A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
- 5 A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.; A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
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- 6 A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.; The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
"Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel."
- 7 A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.; The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
- 8 The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
"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."
Etymology
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
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