Pedicel

n.	1.	(Bot.) 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.	(Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
	3.	(Anat.) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.

Noun

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pedicel - a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle Synonyms: pedicle

anthrophore, axis, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, bole, cane, carpophore, caryatid, caudex, caulicle, caulis, colonnade, column, culm, dado, die, footstalk, funicule, funiculus, haulm, jack, leafstalk, newel-post, pedestal, peduncle, petiole, petiolule, petiolus, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, reed, seedstalk, shaft, socle, spear, spire, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stipe, stock, straw, subbase, surbase, tigella, trunk, upright

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