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Petiole - What does it mean?

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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

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.