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pedicel

noun
/ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/UK/ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from pedīcellus

Definitions

  1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body…

    A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

    • Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])

  2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.

  3. A stalk-shaped body part

    A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some…

      A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.

    2. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

Derived

pedicellar, pedicellate, pedicellation, pedicelled, pedicular, postpedicel

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pedicel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pedicel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at pedicel

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA