pedicel

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pedicel
n. slender stalk-like body part on an organism; flower stem; stalk

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Pedicle
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:

Human anatomy
  • Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
  • Pedicle of a skin flap (medicine)
  • Hilum of kidney, also called the renal pedicle
  • Pedicel, a foot process of a renal podocyte

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pedicel

Noun
1. a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
(synonym) pedicle
(hypernym) peduncle
(hyponym) ray


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Pedicel
(n.)
The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
  
 
(n.)
An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns.
  
 
(n.)
A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
  

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pedicel
bot. pedicel
bot. pedicle