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What is the noun for petiolule?

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petiole
  1. (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
  2. (entomology) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps.
  3. (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Leaf length was measured from the tip of the terminal leaflet down to the base of the petiole at the site of attachment to the stem.”
      “Fronds are, strictly speaking, elaborate compound leaves, attached to the stem by a petiole.”
      “With the exception of petiole length, pulvinus length and stipule length, the other leaf characteristics overlap between the two species.”
petiolule
  1. (botany) The petiole of a pinna or pinnule.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The leaf is usually ternately divided, the petiolule about equalling the blade in length.”
petiolules
  1. plural of petiolule
petioles
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