pedicel

n. [ F. pédicelle. See Pedicle. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]