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
A challenge when conducting tissue analysis lies in the precise selection of the appropriate petiole for sampling.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
Some leaves are attached to the plant stem by a petiole.
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
