noun
- small stalks or stems that connect or support parts of plants or anatomical structures
Usage: medical; botanical
Examples
- The surgeon carefully examined the vertebral pedicles before the operation.
- Each flower was attached to the main stem by delicate pedicles.
- The pedicles of the kidney allowed proper blood flow to the organ.
- Botanists studied how the leaf pedicles responded to different light conditions.
- The MRI clearly showed damage to the spinal pedicles.
- Small pedicles connected the fruit clusters to the branch.