petiol

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Definition of petiol in Turkish English dictionary: petiole; The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp; 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 of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem; (Pe-tee-ole): the second abdominal segment; the segment directly behind the propodeum; followed by the post-petiole in some species; The leaf stalk which attaches the leaf blade to the plant stem; thin section of leafstalk joining the base of the leaf to the lamina; generally is cylindrical or semicircular in form Also called the stalk; {i} leafstalk; stem of a leaf (Botany); – leaf stalk; A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem; The stalk of a leaf; the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf; The stem of a leaf; Stem of the leaf; A stalk or peduncle; In a simple leaf, the petiole is the structure that attaches the leaf blade to the stem In a palmately compound leaf, the petiole attaches the leaflets to the stem In a pinnately compound leaf, the petiole attaches the leaflets to the rachis, which in turn attaches to the stem; of Leaf; a small stem-like structure that connects a leaf blade to a stem; The stalk of a leaf See drawing of leaf attachments

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petiol

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pe·ti·ol

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