petiole

IPA(Pronunciation)

(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

Japanese Meaning

葉柄: 葉の柄。葉身（葉の広がる部分）を茎に付ける細長い部分。

The delicate petiole connected the dew-covered blade to the main stem, trembling in the morning breeze.

露に濡れた葉身を主茎につなぐ繊細な葉柄が、朝のそよ風で揺れていた。

Sense（1）

(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

(stalk of a flower)

Sense（2）

(used more generally, of arthropods)

Sense（3）

(entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.

petioles

（ plural ）