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Petioled vs Petiole - What's the difference?

petioled | petiole |

As an adjective petioled

is having a petiole.

As a noun petiole is

the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

petioled

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a petiole.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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