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pedicel

/ped-uh-suhl, -sel/US // ˈpɛd ə səl, -ˌsɛl //UK // (ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl) //

花梗

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Botany. a small stalk.an ultimate division of a common peduncle.one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
    • : Zoology. a pedicle or peduncle.

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Examples

  • The hole in the shell serves for the protrusion of a pedicel or foot by means of which the animal is enabled to attach itself.

  • The berries are quite persistent, hanging to the pedicel some time after ripe.

  • Each cirrus consists of a two-jointed pedicel, carrying two multiarticulated rami.

  • There are, also, powerful muscles giving movement to the basal segments of the pedicel of the first pair of cirri.

  • Each cirrus consists of a pedicel, having a long basal and a short upper segment, supporting two multiarticulate rami.