Difference between Pedicel and Pedicle

What is the difference between Pedicel and Pedicle?

Pedicel as a noun is a stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster. while Pedicle as a noun is a fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

Pedicel

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk. A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses. a slender stalk

Pedicle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.The attachment point for antlers in cervids.A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

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