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Definition of "pedicellate" []

  • Biology Having or supported by a pedicel. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pedicellate" in a sentence
  • "Each carries two types of flowers: one type has no stalk (sessile) and has both male and female parts (perfect); the other is stalked (pedicellate) and is usually male"
  • "The _spikelets_ are very narrow, sessile or pedicellate, articulated on the pedicel, 1-flowered and 1-glumed."
  • "The _spikelets_ are small, pedicellate, smooth, usually 6 to"