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Pedicel
Pedicel
n.
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
.
Pedicel
n.
A
slender
support
of
any
special
organ
, as
that
of a
capsule
in
mosses
, an
air
vesicle
in
algae
, or a
sporangium
in
ferns
.
Pedicel
n.
A
slender
stem
by
which
certain
of
the
lower
animals
or
their
eggs
are
attached
.
See
Illust
. of
Aphis
lion
.
Pedicel
n.
The
ventral
part
of
each
side
of
the
neural
arch
connecting
with
the
centrum
of a
vertebra
.
Pedicel
n.
An
outgrowth
of
the
frontal
bones
,
which
supports
the
antlers
or
horns
in
deer
and
allied
animals
.
Pediceled
a.
Pedicellate
.
Pedicellaria
n.
A
peculiar
forcepslike
organ
which
occurs
in
large
numbers
upon
starfishes
and
echini
.
Those
of
starfishes
have
two
movable
jaws
, or
blades
,
and
are
usually
nearly
, or
quite
,
sessile
;
those
of
echini
usually
have
three
jaws
and
a
pedicel
.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix
.
Pedicellariae
pl.
of
Pedicellaria
Pedicellate
a.
Having
a
pedicel
;
supported
by a
pedicel
.
Pedicellina
n.
A
genus
of
Bryozoa
, of
the
order
Entoprocta
,
having
a
bell
-
shaped
body
supported
on a
slender
pedicel
.
See
Illust
.
under
Entoprocta
.
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