Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PED'I-CEL, or PED'I-CLE, n. [L. pediculus, from pes, the foot.]

In botany, the ultimate division of a common peduncle; the stalk that supports one flower only when there are seven on a peduncle. Any short and small footstalk although it does not stand upon another footstalk, is likewise called a pedicel. – Martyn.