pedicellate

[ ped-uh-sel-it, -eyt, ped-uh-suh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

1. having a pedicel or pedicels.

Other Words From

• pedi·cel·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicellate¹

First recorded in 1820–30; pedicel + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Flowers perfect, pedicellate, sometimes subsessile and thyrsoid-spicate.

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A loose irregularly compound inflorescence with pedicellate flowers.

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A flower having a stalk is called pedunculate or pedicellate; one having no stalk is sessile.

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A flower with a stalk is called pedunculate or pedicellate; without a stalk, it is sessile.

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Tibia, concave on inner edge, pedicellate, shorter than femur.

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