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Antonyms for petiole

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pet-ee-ohl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛt iˌoʊl

Definition of petiole

Origin :
  • "footstalk of a leaf," 1753, from French pétiole (18c.), from Late Latin petiolus, misspelling of peciolus "stalk, stem," literally "little foot," diminutive of pediculus "foot stalk," itself a diminutive of pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot (n.)). Given its modern sense by Linnaeus.
  • As in leaf : noun green foliage of plant
  • As in stem : noun stalk of plant
Example sentences :
  • Metapodeon: the abdomen behind the podeon or petiole in Hymenoptera.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Some, however, have no petiole, but the blade is in direct contact with the stem.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The point of each cutting should contain a portion of the petiole.
  • Extract from : « The Nursery Book » by Liberty Hyde Bailey
  • They are usually on the petiole at the base of the leaf but are sometimes on the leaf itself.
  • Extract from : « The Cherries of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • Such a petiole is illustrated in fig. 79, with its V-shaped fernlike stele.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Plants » by Marie C. Stopes
  • Notice, too, that the leaves have a very short stem or petiole.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • The petiole is long, and the auricles distant from the lower laciniæ.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) » by Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
  • The top, as the tip of a bud or the end of a leaf which is opposite the petiole.
  • Extract from : « Michigan Trees » by Charles Herbert Otis
  • Leaf-like appendages on either side of a leaf at the base of the petiole.
  • Extract from : « Michigan Trees » by Charles Herbert Otis
  • In the petiole of Mimosa pudica the velocity may be as high as 30 mm.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

Synonyms for petiole

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