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

Cotyledons incumbent.—Biennial or perennial, with serrate sessile or petiolate leaves, and large purple flowers.

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

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 Gray, Asa

But they occasionally become lobed, as in the walnut and the lime; or petiolate, as in Geranium molle; or auriculate, as in the ash.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The whole four leaves of this plant are petiolate, but one pair is perhaps always unequal, one occasionally abortive, I look upon this as a proof that the so-called stipulæ of Stellatæ are real leaves. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Leaves or leaflets are sessile when they have no stems, and petiolate when they have stems.

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