petiole

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛti.əʊl/    美 /ˈpɛti.oʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
    — Most insects consume tissue from the leaf blade were measured just past the twist on the side away only, leaving the leaf petioles unscathed.
  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.

词形变化

petioles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
petiolar petiolary petiolated petioled petiolule postpetiole pseudopetiole

词源

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