Pedicel
/ˈpɛdɪsəl/noun
A small stalk that supports a single flower, fruit, or other structure.
Did you know?Pedicel comes through French from Latin *pedicellus*, a diminutive of *pes* (“foot”), because botanists imagined the stalk as the plant’s little foot holding the flower up.
Etymological Timeline
PIE
PIE
*pod-
“foot”
Latin
Latin
pes, pedis
“foot”
Latin
Latin
pedicellus
“little foot; small stalk”
Middle French
French
pédicelle
“small stalk”
Modern English
English
pedicel
“a small stalk supporting a flower or fruit”
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