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Definition of Leafstalk
1. Noun. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
Definition of Leafstalk
1. n. The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Definition of Leafstalk
1. Noun. The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leafstalk
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Medical Definition of Leafstalk
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leafstalk
Literary usage of Leafstalk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1875)
"The ends of these threads are apparent on the base of the leafstalk when it falls
off, and on the scar left on the stem, as so many round dots (Fig. ..."
2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... or leafstalk is a comparatively unessential part of the leaf." It is often
wanting (then_ the blade is sessile) ; it may be absent even in compound ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"By this time the leafstalk had become so weakened that the leaf began to droop,
... Sometimes the leafstalk was eaten through a little too far, ..."
4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"... on the leafstalk, and of the several pairs of leaflets in each ... the side
next the centre of the leafstalk. This movement and the whole action of the ..."
5. First Studies of Plant Life by George Francis Atkinson (1901)
"If you shave off one or two thin strips from the side, it weakens the leafstalk
greatly. Why does the leafstalk become so weak when so little of Leaf of pie ..."
6. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1901)
"Pinnate leaves are those in which the leaflets are arranged on the sides of a
main leafstalk ; as in Figs. 124-126. They answer to the feather- veined (ie ..."
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