What does pedicle mean?

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ˈpɛd ɪ kəlpedi·cle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pedicel, pediclenoun

    a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Wiktionary

  1. pediclenoun

    A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

  2. pediclenoun

    The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

  3. pediclenoun

    A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

  4. Etymology: From pedīculus ("little foot"), diminutive of pēs.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pediclenoun

    The footstalk, that by which a leaf or fruit is fixed to the tree.

    Etymology: from pedis, Lat. pedicule, Fr.

    The cause of the holding green, is the close and compact substance of their leaves and pedicles. Francis Bacon.

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  1. pedicle

    A pedicle is a stalk or stem-like structure that connects different parts of an organism or serves as a support base in both plants and animals. It is most commonly used in anatomy to refer to the part of each side of the neural arch of a vertebra that connects with the vertebral body, and in botany, it refers to the stalk supporting a single flower or fruit.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pediclenoun

    same as Pedicel

  2. Etymology: [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pdicule. See edal, and cf. Pedicel.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pedicle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pedicle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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