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stip·ule

(stĭp′yo͞ol)

One of the small, paired, often leaflike appendages at the base of a leafstalk in many flowering plants.

[New Latin stipula, from Latin, stalk.]

stip′u·lar (-yə-lər), stip′uled′ adj.

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stipule

(ˈstɪpjuːl)

(Botany) a small paired usually leaflike outgrowth occurring at the base of a leaf or its stalk

[C18: from Latin; see stipe, stipes]

stipular, stipulary adj

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stip•ule

(ˈstɪp yul)

n.

one of a pair of appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.

[1785–95; < Latin stipula stalk]

stip′u•lar, adj.

stip·ule

(stĭp′yo͞ol)

One of the usually small, paired parts resembling leaves at the base of a leafstalk in certain plants, such as roses and beans.

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stipule - a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed

plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus

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Sergey Ivanovitch was all the while admiring the beauty of the woods, which were a tangled mass of leaves, pointing out to his brother now an old lime tree on the point of flowering, dark on the shady side, and brightly spotted with yellow stipules, now the young shoots of this year's saplings brilliant with emerald.

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Certain plants excrete a sweet juice, apparently for the sake of eliminating something injurious from their sap: this is effected by glands at the base of the stipules in some Leguminosae, and at the back of the leaf of the common laurel.

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Il rappellera que tous les candidats sont tenus de respecter les criteres stipules dans la loi electorale durant les meetings.

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The genus Senna Mill. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in the Serra Geral of Licinio de Almeida, Bahia, Brazil/O genero Senna Mill. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) na Serra Geral de Licinio de Almeida, Bahia, Brasil

shoot apex containing stipules at different development stages were collected at Caucaia, Ceara-Brazil.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (ESEM) OF Morinda citrifolia L. (Rubiaceae) COLLETERS

Leaves odd pinnate (-trifoliolate), petioled; leaflets paired, alternate, or irregularly arranged, entire; stipules free, persistent or caducous.

The genus Indigofera (Fabaceae) in Alabama

Recent molecular-phylogenetic evidence places Didymaea in subfamily Rubioideae, tribe Rubieae, subtribe Rubiinae along with other genera having leaf-like stipules and pluricolpate pollen, including Galium L.

Lectotypification of Didymaea mexicana Hook. F. (Rubiaceae, Rubieae) and the identity of D. Alsinoides (Schltdl. & Cham.) Standl

Rosa woodsii can generally be defined by the prickles found at the base of the stipules. The stems are covered with prickles that extend to the flowering stem, however, they are not as dense as that found in R.

Identifying Manitoba's native roses

stigonocarpa, the shoot apex is protected by a pair of stipules; these are pubescent on the adaxial side and are strongly bound by the margins due to trichome interlacing.

Ontogenesis, structure and ultrastructure of Hymenaea stigonocarpa (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) colleters

La directrice de la Casnos-Oran, Karima Benhadjar, a deplore le manque d'enthousiasme de ces femmes versees dans l'informel, precisant que les interessees sont surtout des couturieres, des coiffeuses et des preparatrices de gateaux traditionnels qui ont decide de franchir le pas en s'affiliant a la Securite sociale et beneficier des multiples avantages stipules par la loi de finances complementaire pour 2015.