pedicel Sentence Examples
- The flower pedicel extended upward from the plant stem.
- The pedicel of the rose supported the delicate blossom.
- The aphids clustered on the succulent pedicels of the host plant.
- The bracts enveloped the pedicel of the developing flower bud.
- The pedicel of the apple was thick and fleshy, guarding the fruit against damage.
- The butterfly's proboscis reached down to the nectar at the base of the pedicel.
- The pedicel of the leaf attached it securely to the branch.
- The scientist dissected the pedicel under a microscope to study its anatomy.
- Horticulturalists grafted plant tissue onto a pedicel of a compatible host.
- The dried pedicel of the harvested tomato remained attached to the vine.
pedicel Meaning
pedicel (n)
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
pedicel (n.)
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.
A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns.
A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
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FAQs About the word pedicel
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncleA stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary
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The flower pedicel extended upward from the plant stem.
The pedicel of the rose supported the delicate blossom.
The aphids clustered on the succulent pedicels of the host plant.
The bracts enveloped the pedicel of the developing flower bud.
