pedicel

Definitions

1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
3. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
4. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
5. A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.
6. The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
7. The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.
8. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

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Examples

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

“Spiders have⟳ the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.”

“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.”

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