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- noun Plural form of
leafstalk .
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Examples
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It is cut down close to the ground, the leaves and leafstalks cleared away, and a broad strip of the bark taken off the upper side of the trunk.
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Swellings called galls sometimes appear on leaves, leafstalks, succulent shoots, or nuts of the current season's growth of hickory and pecan.
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PhyllodineousHaving flattened, leaf-like twigs or leafstalks instead of true leaves.
Glossary of the Principal Scientific Terms Used in the Present Volume 1909
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At this transplanting, as with the following ones, the tall leaves should be cut or pinched off, leaving only the upright growth, as with the utmost care it is almost impossible to prevent the outside leafstalks from wilting down and dying.
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CHARD, or SWISS CHARD, -- is a development of the beet species characterized by large succulent leafstalks instead of enlarged roots.
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Sometimes tiny insects are found drowned in the wells of rain water that accumulate at the base of the grooved leafstalks.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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Some have red leafstalks and veins, others a uniform red or green foliage, some have red or white or yellow roots, or exhibit alternating rings of a red and of a white tinge on cut surfaces.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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_Stem: _ Smooth, unarmed, climbing with the help of tendril-like appendages from the base of leafstalks.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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It is cut down close to the ground, the leaves and leafstalks cleared away, and a broad strip of the bark taken off the upper side of the trunk.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Leaves numerous, 3-4 inches long, 1-2 inches wide, light green and shining on both sides, ovate-lanceolate, oval or oblong-lanceolate, finely serrate; teeth sharp-pointed, sometimes incurved; apex acuminate; base obtuse or roundish; midrib depressed above; leafstalks short, channeled; stipules falling early.
Handbook of the Trees of New England Lorin Low Dame 1860
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