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How to pronounce petiole in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms leafstalk
Type of stalk, stem
Has types phyllode

Examples of petiole

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In peltate leaves, the petiole attaches to the blade inside from the blade margin.
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Leaves are usually attached to a leaf stalk, or petiole to the science types.
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These are phyllodes, blades that develop as an expansion of the leaf petiole.
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The petiole, the part between the abdomen and middle section, has two nodes.
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They are pale yellow to yellow-red and have a single mode on their petiole.
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Each leaf is carried on its sturdy petiole like a high-gloss dinner plate.
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The petiole has only one segment with a small node hidden by the abdomen.
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The leaves are fan-shaped, 7-10 m long and 4.5 m wide with a 4 m petiole.
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The leaf petiole is 8-20 cm long, and secretes a milky juice when broken.
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More examples
  • The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
  • In botany, the petiole is the small stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. ...
  • In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first (and sometimes second) metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where the metasomal base is constricted. ...
  • In botany, the petiole (/u02C8piu02D0tu1D7Bou028Al/) is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.:87 The petiole is the transition between the stem and the leaf blade.:171 Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole in some species are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile or epetiolate.
  • The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem; A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps. Alternate form: pedicel; The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp
  • The leafstalk that connects the blade(s) to the twig.
  • Leaf stalk, connecting leaf blade to stem; sometimes more or less indistinct.
  • A slender, stalk-like body part that connects the thorax and abdomen in certain insects
  • The segment of the body between the alitrunk and the gaster