stipule

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Trees, with alternate pinnate leaves, no stipules, and monœcious flowers, the staminate in aments.

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

Ovary superior, simple, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, forming a berry or drupe; trees or shrubs, with mostly entire leaves and no stipules.

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

Leaves alternate, mostly compound, the petioles expanded or sheathing at base, rarely with true stipules.

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

Leaves large and thin, opposite, or the uppermost alternate, lobed, and with dilated appendages like stipules at the base.

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