Definition of "leafstalk" [leaf•stalk]

• See petiole. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "From leafstalk glands the salt with which it's cursed,"
• "Leaves are alternate, compound, 13-30 cm long, with a long slender leafstalk."
• "The aromatic roots, which run horizontally sometimes three feet or more through the soil, send up a very short, smooth proper stem which lifts a tall leafstalk and a shorter, naked flower-stalk."