petioles

a. (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. pétiolarie. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot. & Zool.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pétiole, fr. L. petiolus a little foot, a fruit stalk; cf. pes, pedis, a foot. ] 1. (Bot.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A stalk or peduncle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Petiolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Supported by its own petiolule. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pétiolule. ] (Bot.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet. [ 1913 Webster ]