pedicel
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A narrowing called the articulation separates the floral axis from the lower pedicel, which attached the flower to a stem.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Spikelets ovate, subsessile or shortly pedicelled upon one side of the rhachis of a spike, with a callus at base and jointed on the pedicel, 1-flowered.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
A secondary bract, as one upon the pedicel of a flower.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Spikelets 2–4-flowered, compressed, the rhachis pilose on one side, jointed, produced above the flowers into a hairy pedicel.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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