pedicel

Noun

pedicel (plural pedicels)

1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
   • Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])2004, Martine Dorais, “5: Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Cuticle Cracking”, in Jules Janick, editor, Horticultural Reviews, Volume 30, Wiley, page 170

   Synonyms:

   footstalk, strig

2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
3. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
4. A petiole; the connection between the thorax and abdomen of an insect of suborder Apocrita.

   Synonyms:

   petiole

5. The connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen of a spider.
   • Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, page 10

   Synonyms:

   petiole

6. The second segment of the antenna of an insect, between the scape and the flagellum.

   Synonyms:

   petiole

7. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.
   • Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87