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Pedicel
Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
A
stalk
of an individual
flower
(or
fruit
, e.g; once
fertilised
); a
stalk
bearing
a
single
flower
or spore-producing body within a cluster.
●
In Mycology:
A
stalk
of a
fungus
fruiting
body.
●
In Anatomy & Animal body parts:
A stalk-shaped
body part
; an
anatomical
part that
resembles
a
stem
or stalk.
●
In Zoology:
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.
The
connection
between the
cephalothorax
and
abdomen
of a spider.
The second
segment
of the
antenna
of an
insect
, between the
scape
and the flagellum.
●
In Zoology:
The
segment
of an
antler
that
attaches
to the
head
of a cervid.
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