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PEDICEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pedicel mean?
• PEDICEL (noun)
The noun PEDICEL has 1 sense:
1. a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
Familiarity information: PEDICEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pedicel; pedicle
Hypernyms ("pedicel" is a kind of...):
peduncle (stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedicel"):
ray (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)
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