Glossary

Category: S

  • Stipuliform

    Shaped like a stipule [vague term, as stipules come in many shapes].  

  • Stipule

    Stipule

    Leaf-like, spine-like or scale-like appendages of the leaf, usually in pairs at the base of the petiole. One of a pair of basal appendages found on the leaf petiole of many species. One of a pair of leaf-like, scale-like or bristle-like structures inserted at the base or on the petiole of a leaf or phyllode.…

  • Stipulate

    With stipules. Having stipules.  

  • Stipular spines

    Spines on the stem at the base of the leaf that are modified stipules.  

  • Stipular

    Relating to the stipule.  

  • Stipitiform

    Shaped like a stalk or a long narrow cylinder [unusual term].  

  • Stipitate

    Supported on a special stalk, i.e. not on a petiole, peducle or pedicel. Being possessed of a stipe.  

  • Stipellate

    With stipels.  

  • Stipel

    Stipule-like outgrowth occurring (usually in pairs) at the base of a leaflet or a pair of leaflets in some compound leaves. The stipule of a leaflet.  

  • Stipe, stipes, stem (plural stipites)

    (Of palms) an individual stem or trunk of a clustering palm; (Of ferns) the leaf stalk of a frond; The stalk inside the flower or fruit that supports the carpel(s) or gynoecium; (Of orchid flowers) a pollinium stalk, possibly derived from the anther; (In Cyperaceae) short, narrowed extension to the base of the nutlet. Stalk-like…