Petiole

['petɪəʊl] or ['pɛtɪ,ol]

Definition

(noun.) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.

Typist: Manfred--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

(n.) A stalk or peduncle.

Typed by Hiram

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Bot.) Leaf-stalk.

Editor: Maynard

Definition

n. the stalk which joins a leaf to the twig or branch: a footstalk—also Petī′olus.—adjs. Pet′iolar -y pertaining to or growing upon a petiole; Pet′iolāte -d Pet′ioled growing on a petiole.—n. Pet′iolule a little or partial petiole.

Typed by Konrad