Associations to the word «Pedicle»

Wiktionary

PEDICLE, noun. (zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
PEDICLE, noun. (zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
PEDICLE, noun. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
PEDICLE, noun. Pedicel (any sense)
PEDICLE, noun. Peduncle (any sense)
PEDICLE, noun. (surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy