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The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.

A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

- Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Compound microscope. See Microscope. -- Compound motion. See Motion. -- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate nu…

A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

e exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

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

A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

onsiderable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks.

The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.