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pedicel

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pedicel  \Ped"i*cel\,  n.  [F.  p['e]dicelle.  See  {Pedicle}.] 
  1.  (Bot.) 
  a  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}. 
  b  A  slender  support  of  any  special  organ,  as  that  of  a 
  capsule  in  mosses,  an  air  vesicle  in  alg[ae],  or  a 
  sporangium  in  ferns. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  slender  stem  by  which  certain  of  the  lower 
  animals  or  their  eggs  are  attached.  See  Illust.  of  {Aphis 
  lion}. 
 
  3.  (Anat.) 
  a  The  ventral  part  of  each  side  of  the  neural  arch 
  connecting  with  the  centrum  of  a  vertebra. 
  b  An  outgrowth  of  the  frontal  bones,  which  supports  the 
  antlers  or  horns  in  deer  and  allied  animals. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pedicel 
  n  :  a  small  stalk  bearing  a  single  flower  of  an  inflorescence; 
  an  ultimate  division  of  a  common  peduncle




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