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  2. Pedicel (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Pedicel is also applied to the stem of the infructescence. The word "pedicel" is derived from the Latin pediculus, meaning "little foot". [2] The stem or branch from the main stem of the inflorescence that holds a group of pedicels is called a peduncle. [3] A pedicel may be associated with a bract or bracts. [4]

  3. Pedicle - Wikipedia

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    Pedicel (antenna), the second segment of the antenna in the class Insecta, where the Johnston's organ is found Pedicel or petiole (insect) , the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita

  4. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces.

  5. Johnston's organ - Wikipedia

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    Johnston's organ is a collection of sensory cells found in the pedicel (the second segment) of the antennae in the class Insecta. [2] Johnston's organ detects motion in the flagellum (third and typically final antennal segment). It consists of scolopidia arrayed in a bowl shape, each of which contains a mechanosensory chordotonal neuron.

  6. Ricinulei - Wikipedia

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    Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids.Like most arachnids, they are predatory; eating small arthropods.They occur today in west-central Africa and the Americas (Cryptocellus and Pseudocellus) from South America to as far north as Texas, where they either inhabit leaf-litter or caves.

  7. Petiole (insect anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The petiole is occasionally called a pedicel, but in entomology, that term is more correctly reserved for the second segment of the antenna; [1] [2] while in arachnology, 'pedicel' is the accepted term to define the constriction between the cephalothorax and abdomen of spiders.

  8. Xanthophyllum pedicellatum - Wikipedia

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    The specific epithet pedicellatum is from the Latin, referring to the long pedicel (flower stem). [2] Description.

  9. Pedicel (spider) - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Spider anatomy#Pedicel ...