petiole

1. Botany. The stalk by which a leaf is attached to a stem. Also called leafstalk.
2. Zoology. A slender, stalklike part, as that connecting the thorax and abdomen in certain insects.

[Latin petiolus, variant of peciolus, little foot, fruit stalk, probably from *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculus. See pedicel.]

A stem, stalk or pedicle.

• epiglottic p. — the pointed caudal end of the epiglottic cartilage, attached to the thyroid cartilage.

The stalk of a leaf.

Petiole may refer to:

• Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
• Petiole (insect), the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita.

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