intrapetiolar

English

Etymology

intra- +‎ petiolar

Adjective

intrapetiolar (not comparable)

1. (botany) Situated between the petiole and the stem; said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next to the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch.

Related terms

• interpetiolar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “intrapetiolar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)