pedicel
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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/
Noun[edit]
pedicel (plural pedicels)
- (botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised); a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
- 2004, Martine Dorais et al., 5: Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Cuticle Cracking, Jules Janick (editor), Horticultural Reviews, Volume 30, Wiley, page 170,
- Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.[cuticle cracking]
- 2004, Martine Dorais et al., 5: Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Cuticle Cracking, Jules Janick (editor), Horticultural Reviews, Volume 30, Wiley, page 170,
- (mycology) A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
- (anatomy) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
- (zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
- Synonym: petiole
- A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
- The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
- 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, page 10,
- Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.
- 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, page 10,
- The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
- (zoology) The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
- 1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87,
- Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.
- 1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87,
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
stalk of an individual flower
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stalk-like body part
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slender stalk of a fungus
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
pedicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
pedicel (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedicel n (plural pedicele)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pedicel
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pedicel | pedicelul | (niște) pedicele | pedicelele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pedicel | pedicelului | (unor) pedicele | pedicelelor |
vocative | pedicelule | pedicelelor |
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