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Petiolate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. PET'IOLATE

2. PET'IOLE, noun [Latin petiolus, probably a diminutive from pes, pedis.]

3. In botany, a leaf-stalk; the foot-stalk of a leaf.

Petiolate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Petiolated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.