petiolate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of petiolate
From the New Latin word petiolātus, dating back to 1745–55. See petiole, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Utricle globose, indehiscent.—Densely stellate-tomentose low herbs or woody at base, with opposite petiolate leaves and very small flowers solitary or few in the axils.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Leaves alternate, petiolate, rhomboid-oval or lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, entire or slightly dentate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface covered with woolly hairs and powdery red glands.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Hirsute-tomentose or villous, 2–3° high, very leafy; leaves crenate, the radical oblong, petiolate, the cauline oblong-cordate to subcordate-lanceolate, the upper closely sessile; heads somewhat cymose, ½´ broad.—S. W. Mo. to La. and Tex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Botanical Description.—A small tree with leaves alternate, simple, entire, irregularly nerved or veined at the base, petiolate.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
A bushy shrub of vigorous habit, with trifoliolate and petiolate leaves of a pale green colour, thick and tough, and brightly polished on the upper surface.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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