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Webster 1913 Edition

Pedicle

Ped′i-cle

,

Noun.

[L.

pediculus

a little foot, dim. of

pes

foot: cf. F.

pédicule

. See

, and cf.

.]

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pedicle

PED'ICLE

,

Noun.

[L. pediculus, form pes, the foot.] In botany, the ultimate division of a common peduncle; the stalk that supports one flower only when there are several on a peduncle.