Meaning

7 senses

  1. A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

  2. The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

  3. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

  4. Pedicel (any sense)

  5. Peduncle (any sense)

  6. Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

  7. A fetter for the foot.

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

Origin

From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.

From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.

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Forms

plural: pedicles
Singularpedicle
Pluralpedicles

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

4 related words
Relatedpedicel
Derivedbipediclepedicledtranspedicle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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