petiole
slender support for the blade of a leaf
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
petiole
(pet-ee-ole) [Fr. from L. petiolus, dim. of pes, pedis, a foot]
The stalk of a leaf, which joins the leaf to a node of the stem.
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petiole The generally non-leafy part of the leaf that attaches the leaf blade to the stem; celery and rhubarb are examples of a leaf petiole that we use as food. The stalk connecting the leaf blade to the stem. PICTURE ...
petiole. The stalk connecting the leaf to a stem.
pH. A value used to express relative acidity or alkalinity.
phenoxy herbicides. A group of herbicides derived from phenoxy-acetic acid, including 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, 2,4-DB, MCPA and silvex.
petiole
the stalk of a leaf, which joins the leaf to a node of the stem.
Phaeophyta
a division of algae, comprising the brown algae.
petiole A stalklike portion of a leaf connecting the blade to the stem or branch.
petiole The stalk of a leaf.
Chilling its petiole slows the rate at which food is translocated out of the leaf.
Oxygen lack also depresses it.
Killing the phloem cells puts end to it.
The overgrown petioles of Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) are edible.
Petiolated leaves have a petiole. Sessile leaves do not: the blade attaches directly to the stem.
stalk A leaf's petiole; the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf and attaches it to a larger stem of the plant.
Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina, supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture.
leaf -- An organ found in most vascular plants; it consists of a flat lamina (blade) and a petiole (stalk). Many flowering plants have additionally a pair of small stipules near the base of the petiole.
axil - the angle between leaf petiole and stem, twig and branch, etc.
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