pedicel.
A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
Meaning & usage
A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
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