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Definition of Leafstalks
1. leafstalk [n] - See also: leafstalk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leafstalks
Literary usage of Leafstalks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"ORDER V.—LEAVES AND leafstalks. The green color of foliaceous parts depends on
the presence of green globules contained in the cells of the leaf. ..."
2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"... D. Angles of the seeds 4, distant, hispid: leafstalks Garo'ta. fibrous underneath :
umbel concave when in seed. ..."
3. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1835)
"The bases of thff 2 opposite leafstalks aiv connate, ami form a membranous,
ciliated ring round each joint of the stem. Flowers blue, with a whit£ palate, ..."
4. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"Leaves 2°-3° long, with several large partial leafstalks bearing 7-13 ovate
stalked leaflets, the lowest pair with single leaflets. ..."
5. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1860)
"leafstalks slightly hairy, the hairs depressed; leaflets roundish obovate. ...
leafstalks hairy; leaflets broad and thin, widely and sharply serrated. ..."
6. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... though the insect was unknown at the time the observation was made. The colouring
in the leafstalks of the Chilian Beet and the foliage of ..."
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