1. having a pedicel; supported by a small stalk
Usage: botanical; zoological

Examples

• The pedicellate flowers hung delicately from their thin stalks.
• Many orchids have pedicellate blooms that sway in the breeze.
• The botanist noted that the species had pedicellate rather than sessile leaves.
• Pedicellate fruits are easier to harvest than those attached directly to the branch.
• The microscope revealed the pedicellate structure of the tiny fungal spores.
• In this plant family, pedicellate flowers are the norm rather than the exception.