stipule
pronunciation
How to pronounce stipule in British English:
UK ['stɪpju:l]
How to pronounce stipule in American English:
US ['stɪpjul]
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- Noun:
- a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
Word Origin
- stipule (n.)
- "small appendage at the base of the petiole of a leaf," 1793, from French stipule, from Latin stipula "stalk (of hay), straw," from PIE *stip-ola-, from root *steip- "to stick, compress" (see stiff (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Stipule ovate ; leaf blade orbicular , palmately 5-9-lobed .
- 2. Erect or twine a cane this , do not have stipule or stipular and alar as accrete as xie bing .
- 3. Foliaceous back provides fluff , vein is thicker , stipule is damask .
- 4. Leaves peltate , entire or shortly 2-6-lobed ; stipule lobes spinelike .
- 5. Configuration feature : erect or twine a cane this , do not have stipule or stipular and alar as accrete as xie bing .