单词 | petiole |
释义 | petiole /pet"ee ohl'/, n. 1. Bot. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk. See diag. under leaf. 2. Zool. a stalk or peduncle, as that connecting the abdomen and thorax in wasps. [1745-55; < NL petiolus leafstalk, special use of L petiolus, scribal var. of peciolus, prob. for *pediciolus, dim. of pediculus PEDICLE] |
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