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Lamina vs Petiole - What's the difference?

lamina | petiole |

As nouns the difference between lamina and petiole

is that lamina is lamina while petiole is (botany) the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

lamina

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A very thin layer of material.
  • (anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
  • (botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.

    • Synonyms

    * (very thin layer of material) sheet * (flat part of a leaf) blade

    Derived terms

    * laminar * laminal * laminate * laminectomy * laminotomy

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    petiole

    English

    (wikipedia petiole)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
  • (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.
  • (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

    • Synonyms

    * (segment of the body of an insect) pedicel

    Derived terms

    * petiolar * petiolary