pedicel

[ ped-uh-suhl, -sel ]

noun

1. Botany.
   1. a small stalk.
   2. an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
   3. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
2. Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.

pedicel

/ ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl; pɪˈdɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

1. the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
2. Also calledpeduncle biology any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
3. the second segment of an insect's antenna

pedicel

/ pĕd′ĭ-səl /

1. A small stalk supporting a single flower in an inflorescence.

Derived Forms

• pedicellate, adjective

Other Words From

• ped·i·cel·lar [ped-, uh, -, sel, -er], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicel¹

1670–80; < New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus a little foot. See pedicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicel¹

C17: from New Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from pēs foot

Example Sentences

Others said the animal could be even rarer than that, and attributed the extra growth to damage to the pedicels, the structures in the skull that support antlers.

From The Guardian

Raceme ovate; petals rhombic-spatulate, much shorter than the stamens; pedicels slender; berries cherry-red, or sometimes white, oval.—Rich woods, common, especially northward.

From Project Gutenberg

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

From Project Gutenberg

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

From Project Gutenberg

It differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the Lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• trunk
• twig