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Stalk Founder Of The Met Holding Up Detectives Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PEDICEL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: PEDICEL

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%7Exact Match!
231%9 Anatomy term for the small stalk linking a leaflet to the leaf stalk
331%6 Zoology: A stemlike part, such as the central stalk of a seaweed or the stalk linking the air bladder to the stipe of a brown alga

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We think the answer is "PEDICEL" which means:

    noun
  • • A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The pedicel of a flower connects the flower to its stem."
  • • "The pedicel of this leaf has a unique shape."

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The Guardian Cryptic20 Feb 2003 Down 20
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