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petiole

/pet-ee-ohl/US // ˈpɛt iˌoʊl //UK // (ˈpɛtɪˌəʊl) //

叶柄,叶脉,叶柄部,叶瓣

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
    • : Zoology. a stalk or peduncle, as that connecting the abdomen and thorax in wasps.

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Examples

  • All men who attended had a head-dress made of the leaf petiole of the betel tree and the red leaves of the dongola plant.

  • The petiole is long, and the auricles distant from the lower laciniæ.

  • The top, as the tip of a bud or the end of a leaf which is opposite the petiole.

  • Leaf-like appendages on either side of a leaf at the base of the petiole.

  • In the petiole of Mimosa pudica the velocity may be as high as 30 mm.