Pedicel vs. Petiole

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  • Pedicel (noun)

    A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.

  • Pedicel (noun)

    A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.

  • Pedicel (noun)

    A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.

  • Pedicel (noun)

    a slender stalk

  • Petiole (noun)

    The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

  • Petiole (noun)

    A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps.

  • Petiole (noun)

    The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

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