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Petiole

Pet′i-ole

(pĕt′ĭ-ōl)
,
Noun.
[F.
pétiole
, fr. L.
petiolus
a little foot, a fruit stalk; cf.
pes
,
pedis
, a foot.]
1.
(Bot.)
A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of
Leaf
.
2.
(Zool.)
A stalk or peduncle.

Definition 2024


petiole

petiole

English

Noun

petiole (plural petioles)

  1. (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
  2. (entomology) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps.
  3. (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

Synonyms

  • (segment of the body of an insect): pedicel

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