pedicle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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