stipel

American

[stahy-puhl] / ˈstaɪ pəl /

noun

Botany.

a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.

stipel British

/ ˈstaɪpəl, -eɪt, staɪˈpɛlɪt /

noun

a small paired leaflike structure at the base of certain leaflets; secondary stipule

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Other Word Forms

stipellate adjective

Etymology

Origin of stipel

1815–25; < New Latin stipella, for Latin stipula ( stipule ), with -ella replacing -ula -ule

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Stipel, a stipule of a leaflet, as of the Bean, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

In the normal leaf of this plant there is between the bases of the pinnæ, a small reddish gland or stipel? attached to, or projecting from, the upper surface of the rachis.

From Project Gutenberg

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