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Petiole vs Bipalmate - What's the difference?

petiole | bipalmate |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between petiole and bipalmate

is that petiole is (botany) the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem while bipalmate is (botany) describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate.

As a noun petiole

is (botany) the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

As an adjective bipalmate is

(botany) describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate.

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

    bipalmate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Describing leaves that have a palmate structure on petioles that are themselves palmate