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Australian Biological Resources Study

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Flora of Australia
GLOSSARY

Compiled by A.McCusker


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pedicel: the stalk of a flower. adj. pedicellate.
sessile: without a stalk, e.g. when applied to a stigma, indicates that the style is absent, the stigma being 'sessile' on the ovary.
Flower Pedicel
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