pedicellateadj.
/ˈpɛdɪsᵻleɪt/, /ˈpɛdɪsl̩eɪt/, U.S. /ˌpɛdəˈsɛlət/, /ˌpɛdəˈsɛˌleɪt/ Chiefly Botany and Zoology.
Having a pedicel or stalk.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having or resembling a footstalk
shanked1593
pedunculated1752
pedicellate1760
pedunculate1760
pedicellated1770
peduncled1782
pedicelled1784
stiped1785
stipitate1785
peduncular1789
stipiform1821
stipitated1822
stipitiform1855
pedicellar1900
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > of pedicel or stalk-like part
pedicellate1760
pedicellated1770
pedicled1771
peduncular1822
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [adjective] > belonging to division Pedicellata
pedicellate1836–9
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. Pl. X Pedicellate glandules... [Note] Such as are born on Pedicells, or little Footstalks.
1779 J. Miller Illustr. Sexual Syst. Linnæus I. 74 Berry fleshy, nearly ovate, unilocular, or having but one cell, pedicellate.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 30/2 The true or pedicellate Echinodermata.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 194 Pedicellate eyes.
1918 Science 6 Sept. 236 The flowers are pedicellate and bracteolate.
1973 R. H. Mohlenbrock Grasses Introd. 4 An elongated, simple axis with pedicellate spikelets borne along it is called a raceme.
1988 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 94 14 Primitively, teeth are pedicellate in anurans (and salamanders and caecilians), as well as short, blunt and bicuspid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1760