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stipule

[ stip-yool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Botany.

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

stipule

/ ˈstɪpjuːl; ˈstɪpjʊlə /

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

stipule

/ stĭp′yo̅o̅l /

One of the usually small, paired parts resembling leaves at the base of a leafstalk in certain plants, such as roses and beans.

Origin of stipule¹

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

Origin of stipule¹

C18: from Latin; see stipe , stipes

At the base of each leaf is a toothed stipule with, usually, a dark spot in the centre.

Leaves opposite without stipules (petioles sometimes with stipule-like appendages).

Amphigastrium (plural, amphigastria), a peculiar stipule-like leaf of Liverworts.

Un ministre stipule pour le Roi, mais il travaille et craint pour lui-mme.

At first a sheathing stipule, like a little leafy ruffle, grows at the base of each leaf, but this is shed before midsummer.

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