pedicel

pedicel is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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.

[2] A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns.

[3] A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.

[4] The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.

[5] An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.

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