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Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern..

Quinquenerved :: Quinquenerved (a.) Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers..

Apterous :: Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate..

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..

Interpetiolar :: Interpetiolar (a.) Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar.

Midrib :: Midrib (n.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf..

Axil :: Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs..

Biternate :: Biternate (a.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets..

Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Phyllodium :: Phyllodium (n.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias..

Subpleural :: Subpetiolar (a.) Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree..

Lif :: Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant..

Radiate-veined :: Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant..

Triternate :: Triternate (a.) Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets..

Petiolated :: Petiolated (a.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera..

Acanthopodious :: Acanthopodious (a.) Having spinous petioles.

Intrapetiolar :: Intrapetiolar (a.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning..

Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.

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