stipel

[stahy-puhl]

noun

Botany.

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

stipel

/ ˈstaɪpəl, -eɪt, staɪˈpɛlɪt /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• stipellate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipel¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipel¹

C19: via New Latin from Latin stipula, diminutive of stīpes a log

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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