petiolate

[ pet-ee-uh-leyt ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. having a petiole ( def ) or peduncle.

petiolate

/ ˈpɛtɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (of a plant or leaf) having a leafstalk Compare sessile

Other Words From

• sub·peti·o·late adjective
• sub·peti·o·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of petiolate¹

From the New Latin word petiolātus, dating back to 1745–55. See petiole, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Tubers near the surface, jointed, narrowly oblong or thick-clavate, prominently tubercled; leaves 3-foliolate, the leaflets distinctly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate to linear, entire to rather deeply crenate, rarely laciniate or lobed; root-leaves with ovate or lanceolate and usually lobed leaflets.—Penn. to Ky. and southward.

From Project Gutenberg

Cotyledons accumbent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate.—Mostly glabrous perennials, leafy-stemmed, growing along watercourses and in wet places.

From Project Gutenberg

Glabrous, rootstock filiform; radical leaves reniform, 3-parted, the divisions broadly cuneate with rounded crenate-incised or -lobed summit; involucre of a single similar petiolate leaf or wanting; achenes glabrous, tipped with a slender-subulate hooked style.—North shore of Lake Superior near Sand Bay, Minn., in bogs.

From Project Gutenberg

Tall; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, mostly petiolate; pods 2–4´ long, spreading.—Sparingly naturalized.

From Project Gutenberg

Annuals; leaves mostly alternate, petiolate; receptacle flat; disk brownish.

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