/
ˈpɛtɪəʊl/
n.
- Botany the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem.
- Zoology a slender stalk between two structures, e.g. the abdomen and thorax of an insect.
Derivative
- petiolar adj.
- petiolate
/-lət/
adj.
Etymology
C18: from Fr. pétiole, from L. petiolus ‘little foot, stalk’.
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