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Having papulæ; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.

See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.

Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

isions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc. Gray.

to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, diffe…

Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.

Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. -- Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. -- Patent right. (a) T…

extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

ions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennæ.

Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf. -- Ped"ate*ly, adv.

t in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.

or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly, adv.

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

Having five leaves or leaflets.

The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichætium; perichete.

A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana, and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark colored, usually black. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

One of the scales of a leaf bud.

Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.

A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.