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synonyms for stipule

  • frond
  • needle
  • petal
  • stalk
  • blade
  • bract
  • flag
  • leaflet
  • pad
  • petiole
  • scale
  • foliole
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stipule, such as: frond, needle, petal, stalk, blade, and bract.
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How to use stipule in a sentence

At the base of each leaf is a toothed stipule with, usually, a dark spot in the centre.
FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTSWILLIAM S. FURNEAUX
Leaves opposite without stipules (petioles sometimes with stipule-like appendages).
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAY
Amphigastrium (plural, amphigastria), a peculiar stipule-like leaf of Liverworts.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAY
Un ministre stipule pour le Roi, mais il travaille et craint pour lui-mme.
THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON: A STUDY IN CRITICISMARTHUR OGLE
At first a sheathing stipule, like a little leafy ruffle, grows at the base of each leaf, but this is shed before midsummer.
TREES WORTH KNOWINGJULIA ELLEN ROGERS
At other times they become united in such a manner as to produce a single notched stipule opposite to the leaf.
VEGETABLE TERATOLOGYMAXWELL T. MASTERS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO STIPULE

  • blade
  • bract
  • flag
  • foliole
  • frond
  • leaflet
  • needle
  • pad
  • petal
  • petiole
  • scale
  • stalk
  • stipule
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.