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pedicel

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"Flower stalk"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/Part of speech nounSorted cdeeilpStarts with PEnds with L1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Word origin

From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”).

Used in a sentence

  • Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])
  • Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.
  • Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.

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