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单词 pedicel
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Definition of pedicel in English:

pedicel

noun ˈpɛdɪs(ə)lˈpɛdəˌsɛl
Botany
  • 1A small stalk bearing an individual flower in an inflorescence.

    〔植〕花梗,柄。比较PEDUNCLE

    Compare with peduncle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Counts were made of all buds, flowers, pedicels where flowers or fruits had aborted, and fruits.
    • Every inflorescence of a marked branch was individually identified with a numbered tag tied to its pedicel and its number of flowers recorded.
    • An umbel is an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
    • The pedicel of the highest open flower on each inflorescence was tagged daily with a piece of dated tape for the duration of the experiment.
    • The flowers, on a stout pedicel, have a 5-dentate tubular calyx.
    Synonyms
    stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
    1. 1.1Anatomy Zoology
      another term for pedicle
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They taper to a narrow base or attachment point, which, in some specimens, has a short pedicel.
      • Near the base of the pedicel, the transverse process projects lateroventrally.
      • A few posterior dorsals have a pair of depressions ventral to the pedicel on the edge of the intervertebral face.
      • A longitudinal crest on the medial face of each pedicel of the neural arch gives the neural canal an eight-shaped cross section in its central part.
      • They arise from a permanent bony base on the frontals called a pedicel.

Derivatives

  • pedicellate

  • adjective pɛˈdɪs(ə)leɪt
    • The only pedicellate flowered species in the state, T. pusillum var. texanum, is part of the T. pusillum complex, which occurs in a series of widely disjunct populations throughout much of the southeastern United States.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Eretmonia pollen sacs are born in pedicellate clusters that arise as a branch from the adaxial side of the mid vein of a modified leaf.
      • Eocaecilia does, however, possess pedicellate teeth, long considered a synapomorphy of the modern amphibian orders.
      • Ear cross sections: In maize, the spikelets are arranged in pairs, one pedicellate and one sessile.
      • Amphiumas also lack external gills (while retaining one of three pairs of larval gill slits), and their teeth are pedicellate.

Origin

Late 17th century: from modern Latin pedicellus 'small foot', diminutive of pes, ped- 'foot'.

Definition of pedicel in US English:

pedicel

nounˈpedəˌselˈpɛdəˌsɛl
Botany
  • 1A small stalk bearing an individual flower in an inflorescence.

    〔植〕花梗,柄。比较PEDUNCLE

    Compare with peduncle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pedicel of the highest open flower on each inflorescence was tagged daily with a piece of dated tape for the duration of the experiment.
    • An umbel is an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
    • Counts were made of all buds, flowers, pedicels where flowers or fruits had aborted, and fruits.
    • Every inflorescence of a marked branch was individually identified with a numbered tag tied to its pedicel and its number of flowers recorded.
    • The flowers, on a stout pedicel, have a 5-dentate tubular calyx.
    Synonyms
    stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
    1. 1.1Anatomy Zoology
      another term for pedicle
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A few posterior dorsals have a pair of depressions ventral to the pedicel on the edge of the intervertebral face.
      • Near the base of the pedicel, the transverse process projects lateroventrally.
      • They arise from a permanent bony base on the frontals called a pedicel.
      • They taper to a narrow base or attachment point, which, in some specimens, has a short pedicel.
      • A longitudinal crest on the medial face of each pedicel of the neural arch gives the neural canal an eight-shaped cross section in its central part.

Origin

Late 17th century: from modern Latin pedicellus ‘small foot’, diminutive of pes, ped- ‘foot’.

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