Definition of pedicel Pedicel

ped•i•cel

We found 13 definitions of pedicel from 6 different sources.

What does pedicel mean?

Noun Plural: pedicels
pedicel - a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
		pedicle
		peduncle a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

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

pedicel (n.)
A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower.
pedicel (n.)
A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns.
pedicel (n.)
A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
pedicel (n.)
The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
pedicel (n.)
An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.

pedicel
A stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence.

pedicel
ped′i-sel, n. the little footstalk by which a single leaf or flower is fixed on the twig or on the cluster of which it forms a part—also Ped′icle.—n. Pedicellā′ria, a minute structure on the skin of sea-urchins and star-fish, like a stalk with a three or two bladed snapping forceps at the summit.—adjs. Ped′icellate, Pedic′ūlate, provided with a pedicel.—n. Ped′icle, a fetter for the foot. [Fr. pédicelle—L. pediculus, dim. of pes, pedis, the foot.]