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Pedicel vs Peduncle - What's the difference?

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Peduncle is a related term of pedicel.



In botany terms the difference between pedicel and peduncle

is that pedicel is a stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster while peduncle is a short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.

In anatomy terms the difference between pedicel and peduncle

is that pedicel is (bodypart) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk while peduncle is a stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.

In zoology terms the difference between pedicel and peduncle

is that pedicel is a narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses while peduncle is a collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).

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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    * Hyper Dictionary

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    peduncle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The axis of an inflorescence; the stalk supporting an inflorescence.
  • (botany) A short stalk at the base of a leaf or reproductive structure.
  • *
    • On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle ; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
  • (anatomy) A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
  • (anatomy) In arthropods, the base segments of an antenna.
  • (anatomy) A stem attaching a mass of tissue (such as a polyp) to the body.
  • (zoology) A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).

    • Related terms

    * pedicel