Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, situated between the petioles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Being between petioles. Cf.
intrapetiolar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Between
petioles .
Etymologies
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inter- + petiolar
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Examples
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They are three to six inches in length, with an acuminate apex, somewhat attenuate at the base, with very short petioles which are united with the short interpetiolar stipules at the base.
All About Coffee 1909
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The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules is called the stipulation. free adnate: fused to the petiole base ochreate: provided with ochrea, or sheath-formed stipules, e.g. rhubarb, encircling the petiole base interpetiolar: between the petioles of two opposite leaves. intrapetiolar: between the petiole and the subtending stem
Wikibooks - Recent changes [en] 196.46.245.35 2010
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