Meaning

3 senses
  1. The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

    Blattstiel, Stängel

    черешо́кčerešók

    черешо́кčerešók

    the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf

  2. A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.

  3. The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

Translations

8 languages
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Русский
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stalk of a leaf:
Deutsch
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stalk of a leaf:

Origin

Borrowed from French pétiole, and its source, Late Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminut

Borrowed from French pétiole, and its source, Late Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminutive form of Latin pēs (“foot”).

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Forms

plural: petioles
Singularpetiole
Pluralpetioles

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf:leafstalk

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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