pedicel

pedicel
    n 1: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence;
         an ultimate division of a common peduncle [syn: {pedicel},
         {pedicle}]
    

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.
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   2. (Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower
      animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis
      lion}.
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   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]
    

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