petiole
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- noun
- /ˈpɛtiˌoʊl/
- Specialized
:
peciolo
- The petiole of the leaf connects it firmly to the stem, allowing it to absorb sunlight effectively.
- petiole of a leaf
Examples
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Just as we expected, most of the petiole chambers on these antless trees were smooth and lacked food bodies.
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Nettle stings are most numerous on the stem and on the leaf petioles and edges; leaf undersides are less defended.
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From the leaf, formation of the ice progressed down the petiole into the stem and throughout the entire bean plant.
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"And it appears to be a specialist in attacking very young petioles.
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Within the petiole, it digs ultranarrow tubes called mines.
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The mines have one or more tiny spurs that exit the petiole's outer skin.
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Aerial leaves are round to broadly ovoid and are either sessile or have short petioles.
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We transferred seven beetle larvae to clean, smooth petioles on trees lacking ants, waited eighteen days, and then checked the chambers again.
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They eventually tunnel into the rhizomes or sometimes the petioles—the structures that attach the leaves to the stems.
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The petioles are covered with stinging hairs, but Effie's firm grip, as she tears them off, again minimizes the stings' effects.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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The long thin main stem that supports a plant's flower or leaf
A thin stalk that connects the flat part of a leaf to the plant stem
A flat leaf stalk that looks and works like a leaf
Surface Forms
Etymology
Petiole comes from the Latin petiolus, which means 'little foot' and is related to pes, 'foot'. Think of a small foot or stalk holding the leaf to the stem, which is why a petiole is the thin stalk that supports a leaf.