Pistil vs Pedicel - What's the difference?
pistil | pedicel |
(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
* Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.
(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
In botany terms the difference between pistil and pedicel
is that pistil is a discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma while pedicel is a stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.pistil
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(wikipedia pistil)Noun
(en noun)See also
* stamen ----pedicel
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Alternative forms
* pedicleNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
(stalk of individual flower) footstalk, strigExternal links
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