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pedicel

noun

  1. Bot.
    1. the stalk of a single flower, fruit, leaf, etc.
    2. the stalk of a grass spikelet
  2. Zool.
    1. a small, stalklike structure or support, as the stalk of a sessile organism or the second segment of an insect's antenna
    2. a small, footlike organ or part

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