n. 1. Botany a. A small stalk or stalklike part bearing a single flower in an inflorescence. b. A support for a fern sporangium or moss capsule. 2. See pedicle. [New Latin pedicellus, diminutive of Latin pediculus, diminutive of pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ped′i·cellar (-sĕlər) adj. |
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