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Pedicel vs Thalamus - What's the difference?

pedicel | thalamus |

In botany terms the difference between pedicel and thalamus

is that pedicel is a stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster while thalamus is the receptacle of a flower; a torus.

In anatomy terms the difference between pedicel and thalamus

is that pedicel is (bodypart) A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk while thalamus is either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.

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

    Anagrams

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    thalamus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
  • (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
  • A thallus.
  • Derived terms

    * hypothalamus * thalamic * thalamically * thalamectomy