Definition of Petiolules

1. petiolule [n] - See also: petiolule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petiolules

petha
pethanol
pethas
pether
pethers
pethidine
petiolar
petiolary
petiolate
petiolated
petiole
petioled
petioles
petiolulate
petiolule
petiolules (current term)
petiolus
petiolus epiglottidis
petit
petit bourgeois
petit dejeuner
petit four
petit juries
petit juror
petit jury
petit larceny
petit mal
petit mal epilepsy
petit mal seizure
petit point

Literary usage of Petiolules

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"dish in color, with the petiolules provided with small but very distinct recurved prickles. ... The petiolules differ greatly in length, from 26 to 5 mm., ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Ч A vine with blackish bark, the youngest shoots, petioles, petiolules ... lateral petiolules 3-(> mm long, terminal petiolules 1.2-1.3 cm long; ..."

3. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"A slight concussion of the whole plant causes the contractile organs of all the primary petioles to curve downwards, those of the petiolules forwards, ..."

4. Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver, David Prain, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1868)
"Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate; leaflets coriaceous, opposite or alternate, often on long petiolules. Flowers small, white, fragrant, ..."

5. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"All petiolules articulate at or below the middle X. ... Leaflets ovate cuneate on petiolules ... the lateral leaflets sessile or on short petiolules. ..."

6. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"All petiolules articulate at or below the middle X. ... the lateral leaflets sessile or on short petiolules. Leaflets 9-7 lanceolate with copious oil-dots ..."

7. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"Leaflets 4-6 in. long, glabrous on both fides from an early stage; petiolules fa—fa in. Flowers in close short-peduncled racemes in the axils of the leaves ..."

8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... shining above; petioles shorter than the petiolules: heads yellow; ... mostly larger than the petiolules: heads in terminal axillary panicles; ..."

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