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(ped′i səl)

noun

Bot.
1. the stalk of a single flower, fruit, leaf, etc.
2. the stalk of a grass spikelet
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

Origin: ModL pedicellus, dim. of L pediculus, dim. of pes (gen. pedis), foot

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pedicellate adjective

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noun

Botany
a. A small stalk or stalklike part bearing a single flower in an inflorescence.
b. A support for a fern sporangium or moss capsule.
See pedicle.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin pedicellus

Origin: , diminutive of Latin pediculus

Origin: , diminutive of pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

pedˌi·celˈlar (-sĕlˈər) adjective

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