STIPULE


Meaning of STIPULE in English

— stipular , adj.

/stip"yoohl/ , n. Bot.

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

[ 1785-95; stipula stalk, n. use of fem. of * stipulus firm (recorded in LL); akin to STIPES ]

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