'Pedicel' definitions:
Definition of 'pedicel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle [syn: pedicel, pedicle]
Definition of 'Pedicel'
From: GCIDE
- Pedicel \Ped"i*cel\, n. [F. p['e]dicelle. See Pedicle.]
- 1. (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in alg[ae], or a sporangium in ferns. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis lion}. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pedicel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthrophore,
- axis,
- baluster,
- balustrade,
- banister,
- base,
- bole,
- cane,
- carpophore,
- caryatid,
- caudex,
- caulicle,
- caulis,
- colonnade,
- column,
- culm,
- dado,
- die,
- footstalk,
- funicule,
- funiculus,
- haulm,
- jack,
- leafstalk,
- newel-post,
- pedestal,
- peduncle,
- petiole,
- petiolule,
- petiolus,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pile,
- piling,
- pillar,
- plinth,
- pole,
- post,
- queen-post,
- reed,
- seedstalk,
- shaft,
- socle,
- spear,
- spire,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- stem,
- stipe,
- stock,
- straw,
- subbase,
- surbase,
- tigella,
- trunk,
- upright