leafstalk
Americannoun
noun
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The slender, elongated structure by which the leaves of most plants are attached to the stem.
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Also called petiole
Etymology
Origin of leafstalk
Example Sentences
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Parts of Leaves.—A complete leaf consists of three parts: the blade, the thin expanded portion; the petiole, the leafstalk; and the stipules, a pair of small blades at the base of the petiole.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
The base of the leafstalk is hollow and in falling off exposes the winter bud.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
Having two to many distinct blades on a common leafstalk or rachis.
From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low
Leaves large, deciduous, alternate, palmately 3- to 5-lobed, deeply heart-shaped at base, the margin entire, the lobes acute; smooth or slightly hairy; leafstalk about as long as the blade.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
In the Sycamore the bud does not show while the leaf remains on the tree, as it is in the hollow of the leafstalk.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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