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Webster 1913 Edition
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)
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (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.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
Synonyms
- (segment of the body of an insect): pedicel