pet|i|ole

pet|i|ole
pet|i|ole «PEHT ee ohl», noun.
1. Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
2. Zoology. a stalklike part, such as that connecting the abdomen and thorax in wasps or the eyestalk in lobsters.
[< New Latin petiole < Latin petiolus stalk; (literally, diminutive) < pēs, pedis foot]

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