pedicledadj.
/ˈpɛdᵻkld/, U.S. /ˈpɛdək(ə)ld/ Having a pedicle or stalk, pediculated.
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pedicled1771
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > of pedicel or stalk-like part
pedicellate1760
pedicellated1770
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peduncular1822
1771 R. Weston Univ. Botanist & Nurseryman II. 349 Long-pedicled Spanish Crane's-bill.
1799 Lady C. Murray Brit. Garden II. 491 Common Catmint. Flowers pedicled, in whorled spikes.
1865 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1 86 No peduncle of attachment appears to have been in connection with the smaller end; but the larger ends are all imperfect, and it seems not unlikely that this end was adherent, or possibly pedicled.
1880 Sir J. Paget in Mem. & Lett. vi. 305 The pedicled exostoses which are common on the femur and humerus.
1936 Sci. Monthly May 432/1 The two horn buds have been transplanted from their original positions at the corners of the skull to the new positions in the center of the forehead by means of pedicled flaps of skin.
1992 ENT News May 31/1 The technique is merely an extension of the maxillary swing technique whereby the maxilla is left pedicled on the facial skin, with blood supply via the facial artery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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