Pĕd'i-cel, n.
n. [Fr. pédicelle, pédicule, Sp. pediculo, peciolo, It. pedicello, pedicciuolo, Lat. pediculus, pediculus, diminutive of pes, pedis, a foot.]
Sense 1. (Bot.) The ultimate division of a common peduncle; the stalk that supports one flower only, when there are several on a peduncle.
Any short and small footstalk, although it does not stand upon another footstalk, is likewise called a pedicel.
Sense 2. (Zool.) A footstalk or stem by which certain animals of the lower orders are attached. Dana.
