pedicel

Tiny botanical stem

A pedicel is a small stalk or stem-like structure that supports a single flower, fruit, or other organ.

In botany, it connects an individual flower to the main stem or to a larger stalk called a peduncle.

The term extends to zoology, where it describes slender connecting structures in insects and other invertebrates, such as the narrow waist segment joining an ant's thorax to its abdomen.

Each cherry hangs from its own pedicel.

botany

inflorescence

Plant's complete bloom arrangement

  • calyxCollective sepals encircling petals
  • bractLeaflike floral structure
  • sepalsOuter whorl protecting buds

petiole · axil · node · internode · panicle · spikelet · raceme · umbel · floret · ovary

structure

stem

Plant's central axis

slender · thin · delicate · filament · support · axis · branch · threadlike · fine · hairlike

entomology

antenna

Broadcast signal receiver

wasp · bee · ant · arthropod · insect · petiole · constriction · node · joint

fruit

grape

Vine-grown berry cluster

bunch · harvest · ripening · vineyard · viticulture · picking · drupe · stone fruit · tomato · currant

flower

bloom

Flower or flourishing state

nectar · floriculture · bouquet · corsage · perennial · annual · floral · pollen · arrangement · cutting

Opposites
plant structural position

pedicelpeduncle

Flower-bearing stalk

root · main stem · taproot · rachis · trunk

botanical scale/prominence

pedicelpeduncle

Flower-bearing stalk

rachis · stalk · scape

Phrases
Family

pedicure, pedicle

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