pedicello

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from scientific Latin pedicellus (“small foot”), from pediculus, diminutive of pes.

Noun

pedicello m (plural pedicelli)

  1. (botany) pedicel, peduncle, footstalk

Etymology 2

From Late Latin pedicellus (“small louse”), from Latin pediculus (“louse”), diminutive of pēdis.

Noun

pedicello m (plural pedicelli)

  1. (obsolete) a small worm
  2. (regional) a small boil
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