petiole
IPA: pˈɛtioʊɫ
noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
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Examples of "petiole" in Sentences
- The petiole is generally bristly.
- The petioles are spiny and glabrous.
- The leaves are connate by flattened petioles.
- The petiole is shorter than the leaf diameter.
- The petiole is shorter than the corpus of the leaf.
- The larva may move to the opposite leaf through the petiole.
- It grows plantlets from the petiole near the base of each leaf.
- The petiole is typically about the same length as the leaf blade.
- The base of the lamina is gradually attenuate towards the petiole.
- A petiole is the stalk that joins the leaf blade to the plant stem.
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