pedicellate

[ped-uh-sel-it, -eyt, ped-uh-suh-lit, -leyt]

ped·i·cel·late

[ped-uh-sel-it, -eyt, ped-uh-suh-lit, -leyt]
adjective
having a pedicel or pedicels.

Origin:
1820–30; pedicel + -ate1

ped·i·cel·la·tion, noun
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Pedicellate is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
pedicel (ˈpɛdɪˌsɛl)
 
n
1.  the stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence
2.  biology Also called: peduncle any short stalk bearing an organ or organism
3.  the second segment of an insect's antenna
 
[C17: from New Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from pēs foot]
 
pedicellate
 
adj

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pedicellate ped·i·cel·late (pěd'ĭ-sěl'ĭt, -āt')
adj.
Having or supported by a pedicel or pedicle.

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