petiole

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"The abdomen and cephalothorax of spiders are closely attached, while in ants the equivalent of these body parts are separated by a narrow segment called the petiole," Poinar said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

Choosing the wrong petiole can lead to misleading outcomes, obscuring the true nutritional state of the plant.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

The sensed leaf spectral data are analyzed by a machine-learning algorithm — trained on historical data — to estimate petiole nutrients with near real-time results.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

Small green appendages usually found at the base of the petiole are known as stipules.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Cotyledons thick and fleshy.—Herbs, with palmately 1–15-foliolate leaves, stipules adnate to base of the petiole, and showy flowers in terminal racemes or spikes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa