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stip⋅ule

  [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; < L stipula stalk, n. use of fem. of *stipulus firm (recorded in LL); akin to stipes

Related forms:
stip⋅u⋅lar, adjective
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stip·ule   (stĭp'yōōl)   
n.  One of the usually small, paired appendages at the base of a leafstalk in certain plants, such as roses and beans.

[New Latin stipula, from Latin, stalk.]
stip'uled' 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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