petiole

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"The abdomen and cephalothorax of spiders are closely attached, while in ants the equivalent of these body parts are separated by a narrow segment called the petiole," Poinar said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

However, it is impractical to deploy spectral instruments over a petiole due to their thin shape.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

The petiole of the fourth leaf — the stalk that attaches it to the plant stem — from the top is identified as ideal.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

Some leaves are attached to the plant stem by a petiole.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Less glabrate; root-leaves oblong, spatulate, or lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, serrate, the upper lyrate-pinnatifid; heads rather small and numerous.—Common.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa