Petiole

Quick meaning: Petiole is a noun meaning (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

Meaning

(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

More Meanings

1. (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
2. (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.

Example Sentences

Most insects consume tissue from the leaf blade were measured just past the twist on the side away only, leaving the leaf petioles unscathed.

An example of this is leaf petioles. Some species of trees have pinnate leaves which, when the leaves fall, shed pinnae from the petiole, which is then left as a tapering, somewhat flexible rod.

By contrast, the petioles of large pinnate leaves, as well as stems, typically resist torsion by placing stiff materials with high elastic moduli (like sclerenchyma) toward the perimeters of their cross sections.

Word Forms

• petioles

Synonyms for petiole

Depending on context, synonyms include pedicel, leafstalk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leafstalk, stipe, stout, margined, stem, stalk.

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