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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedicel \Ped"i*cel\, n. [F. p['e]dicelle. See {Pedicle}.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) 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}.
        (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a


            capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in alg[ae], or a
            sporangium in ferns.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower
        animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis
        lion}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Anat.)
        (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch
            connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
        (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the
            antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pedicel
       n : a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence;
           an ultimate division of a common peduncle [syn: {pedicle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pedicel":
     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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