Meaning

7 senses
  1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

    Blütenstiel, Blütenstängel

    цветоно́жкаcvetonóžka

    квітконі́жкаkvitkonížka

  2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.

  3. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.

  4. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.

    A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.

  5. The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.

  6. The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.

  7. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

More definitions
  • a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Translations

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Origin

From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or

From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).

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Forms

plural: pedicels

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle:pedicle

Word family

8 related words

See also

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