\Ped"i*cel\, n. [F. p['e]dicelle. See {Pedicle}.]
1. (Bot.)
   (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether
       solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common
       peduncle. See {Peduncle}, and Illust. of {Flower}.
   (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a
       capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in alg[ae], or a
       sporangium in ferns.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower
   animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of {Aphis
   lion}.
3. (Anat.)
   (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch
       connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
   (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the
       antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.