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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Pedicel

· Ped·i·cel · IPA /ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/
01 n. A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illu…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.) See: Peduncle, Flower
  2. 2.
    A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.(Zool.) See: Aphis lion
  3. 3.
    The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.(Anat.)