Pedicle

2 definitions found

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

  Pedicle \Ped"i*cle\, n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes
     foot: cf. F. p['e]dicule. See {edal}, and cf. {Pedicel}.]
     Same as {Pedicel}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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