petiole
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French pétiole, and its source, Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminuitive form of pes.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
petiole (plural petioles)
- (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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (segment of the body of an insect): pedicel
