petiolate

Often pet·i·o·lat·ed

[pet-ee-uh-leyt]

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. having a petiole or peduncle.

petiolate

/ ˈpɛtɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• subpetiolate adjective
• subpetiolated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of petiolate¹

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

Example Sentences

Tubers near the surface, jointed, narrowly oblong or thick-clavate, prominently tubercled; leaves 3-foliolate, the leaflets distinctly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate to linear, entire to rather deeply crenate, rarely laciniate or lobed; root-leaves with ovate or lanceolate and usually lobed leaflets.—Penn. to Ky. and southward.

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Cotyledons accumbent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate.—Mostly glabrous perennials, leafy-stemmed, growing along watercourses and in wet places.

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

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Tall; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, mostly petiolate; pods 2–4´ long, spreading.—Sparingly naturalized.

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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.

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