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Pedicel

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Noun

HYPHEN

ped=i=cel

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Pedicel has 1 sense

pedicel(n = noun.plant) pedicle - a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle; Array

has particulars: ray

is a kind of peduncle

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Pedicel, n. [F. pédicelle. See Pedicle.].

A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower. [1913 Webster]
A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion. [1913 Webster]
The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pedicel, n. (also pedicle)
1 a small (esp. subordinate) stalklike structure in a plant or animal (cf. PEDUNCLE).
2 Surgery part of a graft left temporarily attached to its original site.

Derivative

pedicellate adj. pediculate adj.

Etymology

mod.L pedicellus & L pediculus dimin. of pes pedis foot

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THESAURUS

Pedicel

anthrophore, axis, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, bole, cane, carpophore, caryatid, caudex, caulicle, caulis, colonnade, column, culm, dado, die, footstalk, funicule, funiculus, haulm, jack, leafstalk, newel-post, pedestal, peduncle, petiole, petiolule, petiolus, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, reed, seedstalk, shaft, socle, spear, spire, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stipe, stock, straw, subbase, surbase, tigella, trunk, upright

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ROGET THESAURUS

Pedicel

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

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