Petiole
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Petiole may refer to:
- Petiole (botany)Petiole (botany)In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
, the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem - Petiole (insect)Petiole (insect)In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where the metasomal base is constricted...
, the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment that connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita