Definition of "petiolate" []

• Having a petiole. (adjective)

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• "LEAVES: Simple, long petiolate, alternate, usually with an ovate lamina to 8 cm long, veins conspicuous underneath."
• "The leaves are petiolate, often cordate, with strongly marked reticulate veining (unusual for a monocotyledon), sometimes lobed, occasionally palmately compound."
• "_Actæa spicata_, as observed by Fresenius, the petals were replaced by true petiolate, palminerved, lobed leaves, the stamens and pistils being abortive."