Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or growing on a petiole.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In bot, pertaining to a petiole, or proceeding from it: growing on or supported by a petiole: as, a petiolar tendril; a petiolar bud; a, petiolar gland.
- In zoology and anatomy, same as
petiolate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; ; growing or supported upon a petiole
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
petiole .
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Examples
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It is distinguished by its phonology, whitish twigs and paired thorns, blue green bipinnate leaves lacking a petiolar gland, but with glands between nearly all its 2-12 pinnate pairs.
Chapter 10 1996
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It is distinguished by its phenology, whitish twigs and paired thorns. blue green bipinnate leaves lacking a petiolar gland, but with glands between nearly all its 2-12 pinnate pairs.
Chapter 33 1990
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Median area: of wings in Orthoptera, lies between the radial and ulnar veins, radius and media (Comst.): of meta-thorax of Hymenoptera, is the middle of the dorsum, divided into three spaces or cells; 1st or basal area, 2d or Lipper median or areola; 3d or apical or petiolar area.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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I can see that it doesn't have a naked petiolar sinus.
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