Usually means: Stalk attaching leaf blade, stem.
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  1. petiolus: Wordnik
  2. petiolus: Wiktionary
  3. petiolus: Dictionary.com

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  3. petiolus: Medical dictionary

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  1. petiolus: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

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▸ noun:  (botany) petiole

Similar:
petiolule, petiole, stalk, pseudopetiole, mesopodium, petiolate, pedicel, petalum, postpetiole, stipe, more...

Opposite:
sessile, stemless, apetalous

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Similar:
petiolule, petiole, stalk, pseudopetiole, mesopodium, petiolate, pedicel, petalum, postpetiole, stipe, more...

Opposite:
sessile, stemless, apetalous



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