stalklet
(ˈstɔːklɪt)
[f. stalk n.1 + -let.]
A small stalk; in Bot. = pedicel.
| 1835 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 Nasmyth Autobiog. xviii. 343 To see all the delicate veins and stalklets thus brought to light again. |