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stipel

[stahy-puhl]

noun Botany.

a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.

Origin:
1815–25; < Neo-Latin stipella, for Latin stipula (see stipule), with -ella replacing -ula -ule

Related forms

sti·pel·late

[stahy-pel-it, -eyt, stahy-puh-lit, -leyt] , adjective

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stipel (ˈstaɪp^əl)

—n
	a small paired leaflike structure at the base of certain leaflets; secondary stipule

[C19: via New Latin from Latin stipula, diminutive of stīpes a log]

stipellate

—*adj*

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