▪ I. stipule, n. Nat. Hist.
(ˈstɪpjuːl)
[a. F. stipule, ad. mod.L. stipula. Cf. Sw. stipel.]
1. Bot. A lateral appendage (often resembling a small leaf or scale) borne in pairs upon the leaf-base of certain plants. Also applied to a similar appendage in Characeæ, and to the paraphyllum of mosses.
| 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Stipula, a Stipula or Stipule... A scale at the base of the nascent petioles. 1800 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 276/1 Stipules lateral, paired, ovate, acuminated. 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 192 Stipules may be considered as lateral branches of the leaves which arise at their very point of insertion;..each single stipule is usually bilaterally unsymmetrical, and its shape is therefore such that [etc.]. Ibid. 281 From the basal nodes of Chara other foliar structures also arise,..which Braun calls Stipules. |
2. Ornith. A newly sprouted feather; a pin-feather. [So F. stipule (Littré).]
| 1891 Century Dict. |
Hence † ˈstipuleless a.
| 1802 R. Hall Elem. Bot. Dict., Stipule-less, exstipulatus, without stipules. |
▪ II. † ˈstipule, v. Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. stipuler: see stipulate v.]
trans. = stipulate v. 2.
| 1623 tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. i. i. 11 Among Masles, the eldest..ought to be acknowledged by his Fathers Armes: If he [mistranslation for it] be not otherwise stipuled by Contracts of marriage, of donation, or of substitution. [Orig. s'il n'est autrement stipulé [etc.].] |