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Supraglotic :: Suprafoliaceous (a.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower..

Phyllodium :: Phyllodium (n.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias..

Axil :: Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs..

Digitated :: Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation..

Apterous :: Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate..

Biconjugate :: Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers..

Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..

Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.

Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Lif :: Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made..

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle..

Petiolary :: Petiolary (a.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud..

Three-sided :: Three-sided (a.) Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp..

Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant..

Bigeminate :: Bigeminate (a.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf..

Sessile :: Sessile (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom..

Leafstalk :: Leafstalk (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Biternate :: Biternate (a.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets..

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