Associations to the word «Pedicel»

Wiktionary

PEDICEL, noun. (botany) A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
PEDICEL, noun. ​(anatomy) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
PEDICEL, noun. (zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.
PEDICEL, noun. (mycology) a slender stalk

Dictionary definition

PEDICEL, noun. A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle.

Wise words

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