pedicle

Questions about pedicle

What does pedicle mean?

pedicle means "a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle".

How many syllables are in pedicle?

pedicle has 3 syllables and divides as pe-di-cle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pedicle?

Close synonyms include pedicel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pedicle a common word?

pedicle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.