PEDICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pedicle mean? 

• PEDICLE (noun)
  The noun PEDICLE has 1 sense:

1. a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

  Familiarity information: PEDICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pedicel; pedicle

Hypernyms ("pedicle" is a kind of...):

peduncle (stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedicle"):

ray (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)

 Context examples 

A pedicle flap is a type of breast reconstruction.

(Pedicle flap, NCI Dictionary)

The posterior projection from the body of a vertebra that encloses the vertebral foramen; it consists of paired pedicles and laminae; the spinous, transverse, and articular processes arise from the arch. In aggregate, the venous arches-and the ligamenta flava that unite them-form the posterior wall of the vertebral (spinal) canal.

(Arch of the Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)