adjective
- having a petiole; having a leaf stalk
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The maple tree has petiolate leaves with long stalks.
- Petiolate leaves can move more freely in the wind than sessile ones.
- The botanist identified the plant by its petiolate leaf structure.
- Most deciduous trees have petiolate rather than sessile leaves.
- The petiolate leaves of the rose bush swayed gently in the breeze.