pedicel

  1. Noun.  (botany) A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
  2. Noun.  (anatomy) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
  3. Noun.  (zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.
  4. Noun.  (context, mycology) a slender stalk.

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