petiole

[ pet-ee-ohl ]
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noun
  1. Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.

  2. Zoology. a stalk or peduncle, as that connecting the abdomen and thorax in wasps.

Origin of petiole

1
1745–55; <New Latin petiolus leafstalk, special use of Latin petiolus, scribal variant of peciolus, probably for *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculuspedicle

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British Dictionary definitions for petiole

petiole

/ (ˈpɛtɪˌəʊl) /


noun
  1. the stalk by which a leaf is attached to the rest of the plant

  2. zoology a slender stalk or stem, such as the connection between the thorax and abdomen of ants

Origin of petiole

1
C18: via French from Latin petiolus little foot, from pēs foot

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Scientific definitions for petiole

petiole

[ pĕtē-ōl′ ]


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