pedicel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
Meanings
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A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])
2004, Martine Dorais, “5: Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Cuticle Cracking”, in Jules Janick, editor, Horticultural Reviews, Volume 30, Wiley, page 170:
- A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
- A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
- 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.
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A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. ▸ The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.
1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, page 10:
- A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. ▸ The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
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The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.
1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pedicels | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pedicle | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
pedicellate · pedicelled · pedicellation · postpedicel · pedicellar · pedicular
Relateds
Synonyms
petiole · petiole · strig · petiole · footstalk
Translations (31)
pl szypułka (stalk of an individual flower) · ota ذنب (stalk of an individual flower) · ar سُوَيْق (stalk-like body part) · uk квітконі́жка (stalk of an individual flower) · ca pedicel (stalk-like body part) · ru цветоно́жка (stalk of an individual flower) · nb blomsterstilk (stalk of an individual flower) · de Blütenstängel (stalk of an individual flower) · es pedicelo (stalk of an individual flower) · it gambo (stalk of an individual flower) · it pedicello (stalk of an individual flower) · oc pecol (stalk of an individual flower) · ca pedicel (stalk of an individual flower) · ca pedicel (slender stalk of a fungus) · nl bloemsteel (stalk of an individual flower) · es pedicelo (stalk-like body part) · de Blütenstiel (stalk of an individual flower) · mi tātāpua (stalk of an individual flower) · ar سَاق (stalk of an individual flower) · it fusto (stalk of an individual flower) · cy blodeugoes (stalk of an individual flower) · ar سُوَيْق (stalk of an individual flower) · tl paantangkay (stalk of an individual flower) · fi kukkaperä (stalk of an individual flower) · it stelo (stalk of an individual flower) · fr pédicelle (stalk of an individual flower) · eo pedicelo (stalk of an individual flower) · es pedicelo (slender stalk of a fungus) · it caule (stalk of an individual flower) · ro pedicel (stalk of an individual flower) · ar تَعْرِيجَة (stalk of an individual flower)