stipel Bot.
(ˈstaɪpəl)
Also 9 stipelle.
[ad. F. stipelle, ad. mod.L. stipella: see next.]
(See quots.)
| 1821 S. F. Gray Brit. Plants I. 84 Stipelle. Stipella, a kind of stipule placed at the base of the leaflets on the common petiole. 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1839) 144 In pinnated leaves there is often a pair of stipules at the base of each leaflet, as well as two at the base of the common petiole: stipules, under such circumstances, are called stipels. |