pedicel

Meaning

Noun

• A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised); a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
• A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
• A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
• A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
• The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

Origin

• From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus, diminutive of pēs.