Examples of 'petiole' in a sentence
Meaning of "petiole"
petiole (noun) - the stalk that attaches a leaf to a stem; a slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to a branch
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- The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
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Petiole and postpetiole are smooth and shining.
A central pedicel or petiole anchors the nest.
The petiole is longer than the blade.
No comb has more than one petiole.
The petiole is often as long as the blade.
The leaf is borne on a long petiole.
The base of the petiole is not split longitudinally.
Petiole absent or much shorter than the lamina.
The leaves have a purple petiole.
The petiole has a few long hairs growing on it.
The blade is borne on a long petiole.
Petiole armed with spines or teeth.
The pupa directs to the petiole.
Petiole and postpetiole are strongly divided.
In such case the petiole is absent.
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The petiole is about half as long as the lamina.
The leaves are carried on a long petiole.
This petiole is strongly decurrent down the stem.
There are small stipules at the base of the petiole.
The petiole is shorter than the leaf diameter.
They are longer than the petiole.
The petiole bleeds a milky latex when broken.
Less than twice as long as the subtending petiole.
The petiole is short and thick.
Induction of somatic embryogenesis from petiole was reported previously.
The petiole and rachis are reddish.
Did not differ from that in the petiole.
The petiole is long and red.
Young plants may have sessile leaves lacking a petiole.
Infection of leaf petiole result in wilting and necrosis of leaves.
In ants the second segment forms the narrow petiole.
The petiole sheath is short.
The leaves are separated into a leaf blade and a petiole.
The petiole comprises half the length of the leaf.
The terminal leaflet may have a petiole or may be sessile.
The petiole has a scar covering its entire surface.
Both it and the sporophore arise from a common petiole.
The petiole is less than a quarter the length of a blade.
The leaf is deeply indented where it is attached to the petiole.
The petiole is generally bristly.
There is a pair of fused stipules at the base of the petiole.
The petiole is shorter than the corpus of the leaf.
Severe infection results in the girdling of the stem or petiole.
A petiole is arising from the base of each leaf blade.
The alternate leaves consist of a petiole and a simple blade.
The petiole is very short.
Stipules at the base of petiole.
The petiole is highly reduced.
Small outgrowth at the base of the petiole in certain leaves.
A petiole is thick and long.
