Pedicel Definition

pĕdĭ-səl, -sĕl
noun
The stalk of a single flower, fruit, leaf, etc.
Webster's New World
The stalk of a grass spikelet.
Webster's New World
A small, stalklike structure or support, as the stalk of a sessile organism or the second segment of an insect's antenna.
Webster's New World
A small, footlike organ or part.
Webster's New World

(zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.

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Noun

Singular:
pedicel
Plural:
pedicels

Origin of Pedicel

  • New Latin pedicellus diminutive of Latin pediculus diminutive of pēs ped- foot ped- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From post-classical Latin pedicellus, from Latin pediculus.

    From Wiktionary

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