pet·i·ole 
(pĕtē-ōl′)
(pĕtē-ōl′)n.
1. Botany The stalk by which a leaf is attached to a stem. Also called leafstalk.
2. Zoology A slender, stalklike part, as that connecting the thorax and abdomen in certain insects.
[Latin petiolus, variant of peciolus, little foot, fruit stalk, probably from *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculus; see PEDICEL.]
peti·oled′ adj.
- contraband
- contrabandage
- contrabandist
- contrabass
- contrabassist
- contrabassoon
- contraception
- contraceptive
- contract
- contractarian
- contractarianism
- contractarianist
- contract bridge
- contractibility
- contractible
- contractile
- contractile vacuole
- contractility
- contraction
- contractor
- contractual
- contractualism
- contractually
- contracture
- contradance