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Pedicel

noun
1.
A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle.  Synonym: pedicle.





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"Pedicel" Quotes from Famous Books



... consists of a thin, straight, hair-like pedicel, carrying a gland on the summit. The pedicel is somewhat flattened, and is formed of several rows of elongated cells, filled with purple fluid or granular matter.* There is, however, a narrow zone close beneath the glands ...
— Insectivorous Plants • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Pedicel" :   ray, peduncle, pedicle


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