Definition of Petiolule
1. Noun. The stalk of a leaflet.
Definition of Petiolule
1. n. A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Definition of Petiolule
1. Noun. (botany) The petiole of a pinna or pinnule. ¹
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Definition of Petiolule
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Medical Definition of Petiolule
1. The stalk portion of a leaflet. (09 Oct 1997)
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Literary usage of Petiolule
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1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"ПВ> but usually borne on a section of the rachis Й-1И m- long, jointed both at
the insertion of the lateral Ifts. and also where the petiolule of the ..."
2. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1885)
"... with scattered white glands above and yellow beneath, petiolule of the middle
leaflet often | in. ; petiole 1-2 in., not winged. Panicles 8 by 5 in., ..."
3. Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver (1871)
"subacute ; petiolule not above a line long; side-leaflets oblique. Flowers solitary
on short downy pedicels from the close nodes. Calyx 2^-3 lines, ..."
4. Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the by George Bentham (1861)
"Segments articulate on the thickened end of the petiolule . ... narrower in the
fruiting part, continuous with and slightly decurrent on the petiolule. ..."
5. The Geology of the Corocoro Copper District of Bolivia by Joseph Theophilus Singewald, Edward Wilber Berry (1922)
"petiolule stout, 0.5 to i mm. long. Midrib stout. Secondaries thin, regularly
spaced, subparallel; six or seven pairs diverge from the midrib at angles of ..."
6. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"Oblong-ovate, or oblanceolate, 1.5 to 4 cm. long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. broad; apex
deeply emarginate; base tapering into the petiolule; margin distinctly revolute ..."
7. Forest flora of British Burma by Sulpice Kurz (1877)
"... long petiolule, unequal at the obtuse base, acuminate, entire and bristly
serrulate on the same tree, almost coriaceous, glabrous, laxly net- veined ..."
8. Researches on Irritability of Plants by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1913)
"Such an idea presupposes that the intervening petiolule contains some conducting-tissue
by ... In any case, the question as to the power of the petiolule to ..."
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