petiolar, a.
(ˈpɛtɪəʊlə(r))
[f. L. petiolus petiole + -ar.]
Of, pertaining to, of the nature of a petiole.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xv. (1765) 204 Petiolar Buds. 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Petiolaris cirrus, a petiolar tendril, proceeding from the petiole of a leaf. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 169 The genus Eriogonum in which there is no petiolar sheath. 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 376 In the glandular ends of the petiolar appendages of Passifloræ. |
Also ˈpetiolary a., in same sense. rare—0.
| 1828 Webster, Petiolar, Petiolary. |