PEDICELS
Noun
pedicels
plural of pedicel
Anagrams
• eclipsed, pedicles
Source: Wiktionary
PEDICEL
Ped"i*cel, n. Etym: [F. pédicelle. 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 algæ, or a sporangium in ferns.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their
eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition