Stipula

Stipula (Plural: stipule) [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

The small, appendages, usually in pair (sometimes leaf-life, scarious or spinose.) that are found one on each side at the base of the petiole of many Dicotyledons and often flanking it at the node;

They may protect the young leaf

Stipulate [ Botany ]


	*Having stipules, as a stipulate leaf or stalk..*

Stipuliferous [ Botany ]


	*Producing stipules.*

Stipuliformis [ Botany ]


	Resembling to a stipule.

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