PEDICLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pedicel; pedicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pedicle" is a kind of...):

peduncle (stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedicle"):

ray (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)

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