pedicel
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/
The English word “pedicel” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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 petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
- The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
- 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.
Etymology
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
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