Definitions for pedicel

pedicel ped·i·cel

Spelling: [ped-uh-suh l, -sel]
IPA: /ˈpɛd ə səl, -ˌsɛl/

Pedicel is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in pedicel (cdeeilp).

Definitions for pedicel

noun

  1. Botany. a small stalk. an ultimate division of a common peduncle. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
  2. Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.

Origin of pedicel

1670-80; New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus a little foot. See pedicle

Examples for pedicel

In other instances it is due to an adhesion of the pedicel to the side of the fruit.

The berries are very persistent, clinging to the pedicel long after ripe.

Clusters variable in size, broad, tapering; pedicel slender, covered with numerous inconspicuous warts; brush wine-colored.

Clusters large, broad, heavily shouldered; pedicel thick; brush green.

A slight injury of either berry or pedicel permits the spores of the fungus causing decay to gain entrance into the fruit.

Clusters medium in size, tapering; pedicel slender with a few small warts; brush slender, tinged with red.

Clusters short, cylindrical, single-shouldered; pedicel long with few small warts; brush green.

The berries are quite persistent, hanging to the pedicel some time after ripe.

pedicel, the stalk of each particular flower of a cluster, 73.

Clusters variable in size and length, often single-shouldered; pedicel long, slender; brush small, pale green.

Word Value for pedicel
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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