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Bract vs Pedicel - What's the difference?

bract | pedicel |

In botany terms the difference between bract and pedicel

is that bract is a leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises while pedicel is a stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.

bract

English

(wikipedia bract)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

    • pedicel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pedicle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
  • (senseid)(anatomy) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
  • (zoology) A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.
  • * 1996': Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the '''pedicel . — Michael J. Roberts, ''Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 10)
  • (mycology) a slender stalk

    • Synonyms

    (stalk of individual flower) footstalk, strig

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