Pedicel

Quick meaning: Pedicel is a noun meaning (botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

Meaning

(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

More Meanings

1. (mycology) A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
2. (anatomy) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
3. (zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
4. (zoology) The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

Example Sentences

Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])

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.

Word Forms

• pedicels
• pedicle

Synonyms for pedicel

Depending on context, synonyms include footstalk, strig.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stalk, stem, pedicle, pedicellation, footstalk, postpedicel.

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