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

Petiolate.

Having spinous petioles.

Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to atate.

pods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base.

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. Gray.

Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.

e manner. Decursively pinnate (Bot.), having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf.

ng several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- Dig"i*tate*ly, adv.

The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar.

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.…

n East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf.

Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.

d 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, differentiation etc., of the function, upon t…