pedicel

noun

1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

   “Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking])”

2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body.
3. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
4. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
5. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.

   “Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel.”

6. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods.
7. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid.

   “Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.”