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stipular

[stip-yool]

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noun Botany.

one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.

Origin:
1785–95; < Latin stipula stalk, noun use of feminine of *stipulus firm (recorded in LL); akin to stipes

Related forms

stip·u·lar, adjective

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stipule (ˈstɪpjuːl)

—n
	a small paired usually leaflike outgrowth occurring at the base of a leaf or its stalk

[C18: from Latin; see stipe, stipes]

stipular

—*adj*

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stipule

"small appendage at the base of the petiole of a leaf," 1793, from Fr. stipule, from L. stipula "stalk (of hay), straw."

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