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Word: petiole (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • botany The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
  • entomology A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps. Alternate form: pedicel.
  • entomology The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

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