Noun

1. A stalk of individual flower; a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster.
2. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk.
3. A narrow stalk-like body part in insects and other arthropods, used in various specific senses.
   • 1996: Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 10)
4. a slender stalk