pedicel

Definition

A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

Etymology

From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).

Example Sentences

• "Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])"
• "Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel."
• "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."

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