petiolate

American  

[pet-ee-uh-leyt] / ˈpɛt i əˌleɪt /

Often petiolated

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. having a petiole or peduncle.

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petiolate British  

/ ˈpɛtɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (of a plant or leaf) having a leafstalk Compare sessile

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Other Word Forms

• subpetiolate adjective
• subpetiolated adjective

Etymology

Origin of petiolate

From the New Latin word petiolātus, dating back to 1745–55. See petiole, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Leaves petiolate, with 3 ovate-lanceolate leaflets, pubescent beneath.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Annuals; leaves mostly alternate, petiolate; receptacle flat; disk brownish.

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 Gray, Asa

Leaves 6–7′ long by 5′ broad, alternate, petiolate, entire, glabrous, half-ovate.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Leaves truly compound, with distinct petiolate leaflets — 127. 126a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Botanical Description.—A shrub, with hooked thorns, leaves alternate, petiolate, coriaceous, entire, 3-nerved, 2 thorny stipules, one of them crooked.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers