stalkletn.
/ˈstɔːklɪt/ A small stalk; in Botany = pedicel n.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 272 Sometimes the leaflets themselves are subdivided. In this case..the small supports of the leaflets themselves [are called] stalklets.
1883 J. Nasmyth Autobiogr. xviii. 343 To see all the delicate veins and stalklets thus brought to light again.
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