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pedicel

[ped-uh-suhl, -sel] / ˈpɛd ə səl, -ˌsɛl /




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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

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

Rhachis hairy at the base of the flowers, ending in a naked 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

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Ovary inferior, appearing as a swelling below the calyx at the apex of the pedicel — 106. 105b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan