— pedicellar /ped'euh sel"euhr/ , adj.
/ped"euh seuhl, -sel'/ , n.
1. Bot.
a. a small stalk.
b. an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
c. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
2. Zool. a pedicle or peduncle.
[ 1670-80; pedicellus, dim. of L pediculus a little foot. See PEDICLE ]