petiole
noun
pet·i·ole
ˈpe-tē-ˌōl 
1
: a slender stem that supports the blade of a foliage leaf
2
: peduncle
specifically
: a slender abdominal segment joining the rest of the abdomen to the thorax in some insects
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The disease can move out of the leaf into the petiole and into the cane.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
The petiole attaches the leaf to the trunk and funnels water through a split in its base.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2015
The tiny prickles on the back of the petiole are hard to see and can really snag unsuspecting gardeners.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
Richardson and her team tested both hypotheses in their model and found that the older idea, linking only the sheath to the petiole, offered the simplest evolutionary path and required only subtle changes in a common genetic blueprint.
—Julia Rosen, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
In the 1800s botanists proposed that the sheath part of a grass leaf represented the evolutionary equivalent of the petiole, the stalk that connects a typical plant’s leaf to its stem.
—Julia Rosen, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
The leaflets are attached opposite each other and there is one leaflet on the end of the petiole so that the leaf always has an odd number, with either three, five or seven leaflets.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
An oak has a simple leaf with a small stem or petiole that attaches the leaf to the branch; but hickory has a compound leaf.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
The leaflets of the frond are attached on a petiole or stem.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
The petiole attaches the leaf to the trunk and funnels water through a split in its base.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2015
The tiny prickles on the back of the petiole are hard to see and can really snag unsuspecting gardeners.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
Richardson and her team tested both hypotheses in their model and found that the older idea, linking only the sheath to the petiole, offered the simplest evolutionary path and required only subtle changes in a common genetic blueprint.
—Julia Rosen, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
In the 1800s botanists proposed that the sheath part of a grass leaf represented the evolutionary equivalent of the petiole, the stalk that connects a typical plant’s leaf to its stem.
—Julia Rosen, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
The leaflets are attached opposite each other and there is one leaflet on the end of the petiole so that the leaf always has an odd number, with either three, five or seven leaflets.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
An oak has a simple leaf with a small stem or petiole that attaches the leaf to the branch; but hickory has a compound leaf.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
The leaflets of the frond are attached on a petiole or stem.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
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petiole
noun
pet·i·ole
ˈpet-ē-ˌōl
: the thin stem of a leaf
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