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
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Pseudosessile: those petiolate Hymenoptera, in which the abdomen is so close to the thorax as to seem sessile.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
No such thing as a petiolate leaf occurs in acrogens, all are attached by a broad base?
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
Botanical Description.—A climbing shrub with cylindrical woody stem, with leaves simple, alternate, entire, petiolate, ovoid, broad at the base.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
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
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
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