Associations to the word «Petiole»
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Wiktionary
PETIOLE, noun. (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
PETIOLE, noun. (entomology) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps.
PETIOLE, noun. (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
Dictionary definition
PETIOLE, noun. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
Wise words
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