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PETIOLE
petiole, leafstalk
(noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
petiole (plural petioles)
(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
Synonym: pedicel (stalk of a flower)
(entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
Synonym: pedicel (used more generally, of arthropods)
(entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
Usage notes
• The presence of a petiole (narrow body segment) is the defining characteristic distinguishing the suborder Apocrita (ants, bees and wasps) from the rest of order Hymenoptera (i.e, from the paraphyletic suborder Symphyta).
Source: Wiktionary
Pet"i*ole, n. Etym: [F. pétiole, fr. L. petiolus a little foot, a fruit stalk; cf. pes, pedis, a foot.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A stalk or peduncle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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