PEDICLE

pedicel, pedicle

(noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pedicle (plural pedicles)

(zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

(zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

pedicel (any sense)

peduncle (any sense)

(surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

A fetter for the foot.

Anagrams

• pedicel

Source: Wiktionary


Ped"i*cle, n. Etym: [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pédicule. See edal, and cf. Pedicel.]

Definition: Same as Pedicel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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