(n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
(n.) A stalk or peduncle.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicate that the anatomical counter-current heat exchanger is reduced or eliminated during heat stress by 'chopping' the blood flow into pulses, and the blood pulses are shunted through the petiole alternately by way of a switch mechanism.
(2) Young leaf tissues had much higher levels of glucosyltransferase activity than the petioles and internodes.
(3) The transcript is detectable in stem and petiole, but not in leaves.
(4) The epiglottic petiole, the false cords, the true cords, and one arytenoid are also excised, along with the paraglottic space.
(5) The narrow passage within the petiole between thorax and abdomen is anatomically constructed so that counter-current exchange should retain heat in the thorax despite blood flow to and from the cool abdomen.
(6) Linamarase (EC 3.2.1.21) was purified from cassava petiole, stem, and root cortex by ammonium sulfate precipitation, column chromatography on Sepharose 6B, and chromatofocusing.
(7) The tissue- and organ-specific overproduction of cytokinins produced a number of morphological and physiological changes, including stunting, loss of apical dominance, reduction in root initiation and growth, either acceleration or prolonged delayed senescence in leaves depending on the growth conditions, adventitious shoot formation from unwounded leaf veins and petioles, altered nutrient distribution, and abnormal tissue development in stems.
(8) The major tissue features of basal petioles and the external characteristics of the crude drugs have also been given.
(9) The occurrence of dispersal or nondispersal of P-protein bodies can be related to the position of the sieve elements in the stem or petiole.
(10) Many characters of leaf (hair, hypodermal cells, palisade layers, intercellular space, distinction between spongy and palisade parenchyma, "palisade ratio", distribution of collenchyma and sclerenchyma, presence or absence of starch grains, calcium oxalate crystals, number, shape and arrangement of bundles of petiole) are useful distinguishing characters.
(11) In this paper, the Ainsliaea derivatives are studied to clarify the botanical origins; comparing anatomically with leaves and petioles of thirteen Ainsliaea species growing wildly in Sichuan prov.
(12) Glucan synthesis was achieved with an in vitro membrane fraction from the petioles of celery (Apium graveolens).
(13) Ethylene was found to have no influence on auxin transport in hypocotyls of Helianthus annuus and Phaseolus vulgaris; coleoptiles of Zea mays; petiole sections of Gossypium hirsutum, Phaseolus vulgaris, and Coleus blumei.
(14) GAST1 RNA is detectable in untreated leaves, stems, petioles and flowers, but not in roots.
(15) Their expression is also induced in leaf-petiole explants by high concentrations of sucrose.
(16) An uneven distribution of the coat protein antigens of beet necrotic yellow vein (BNYVV) and beet soil-borne (BSBV) viruses in tap roots of naturally infected sugarbeets and of BNYVV coat protein antigen in leaves and petioles of mechanically inoculated sugarbeet seedlings was detected by means of tissue print-immunoblotting.
(17) Arabidopsis plants stimulated by touch develop shorter petioles and bolts.
(18) This HC protein was found in leaf blade and vein tissue but not in the petiole of leaves.
(19) Regarding this new technique, the fibula works as a petiolated well vascular bone chip which bridges the joint.
(20) Raphides in petioles of Xanthosoma sagittifolium are needlelike crystals about 50 micrometers long.
Plantain
Definition:
(n.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.
(n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
(n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of the present study tend to confirm that plantain banana powder strengthens mucosal resistance and promotes the healing of ulcers.
(2) 35% by three pollens responsible for the so-called spring pollinosis, and 50% by weeds (plantain, nettle, mugwort) the cause of late summer pollinosis.
(3) At Melao Bakery, a classic Puerto Rican restaurant that serves quesitos, cream-filled doughnuts and a popular dish of fried green plantain called mofongo, several of the customers were also still wavering between the candidates.
(4) The third example concerns the use of laxatives of plant origin such as plantain seeds and the drugs Agiocur and Agiolax.
(5) 28% were skin test positive to plantain pollen extract.
(6) Of the 985 children examined, 38 per cent claimed to use a toothbrush, 31 per cent chewing sticks, 17 per cent plantain and 14 per cent the chewing sponge.
(7) An official preparation of plantain sap was shown to ward off this effect and to contribute to the normalising of certain parameters of epithelial cells.
(8) Plantain pollen sensitivity should therefore be considered during diagnosis of seasonal allergy.
(9) In each area, 95-97% of all atopic children were sensitized to one of the following seven allergens: house dust, Dermatophagoides farinae, D. pteronyssinus, cat dander, plantain, rye grass, and Alternaria tenuis.
(10) These included timothy, meadow, false oat, rye, giant and short ragweed, plantain, silver birch and ash.
(11) Weeds elicit two levels of allergenicity, a high level by the Ragweeds and other members of the Asteraceae, and a much lower level by members of the families Amaranthaceae (Pigweed, Western Water Hemp), Chenopodiaceae (Lamb's Quarters, Kochia, and Russian Thistle), and Plantaginaceae (Plantain) in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
(12) Dendrograms based on oligonucleotide fingerprint band sharing data proved to be consistent with most of the known features of the history of banana and plantain cultivation and evolution, respectively.
(13) Hippophae, Rosa and plantain oils have been shown to produce and essential therapeutic action on chemical burns of rabbit eye.
(14) As the family eventually gather, tables are scraped together and a medley of English breakfasts and St Lucian salt fish and plantains piled on to plates.
(15) The resulting data confirm an abundance of ragweed and nettle emanations but suggest that those of plantains, chenopods, and amaranths achieve modest levels, at best, despite their prominence in gravity slide recoveries.
(16) Evidence is cited to show the essential adequacy of protein in root crops, except plantain and cassava and for all humans except perhaps some infants.
(17) Other plants used are osha, chuchupate-lovage; ponso or tanse-tansy; poleo-spearmint or pennyroyal mint; amolillo-wild licorice; dormilon-tall cone flower; malva; and, lanten-plantain.
(18) A young man sells plantain chips in traffic jam at Marina Lagos.
(19) Characterisation by SDS-PAGE immunoblotting of plantain pollen extract showed that components of 16,000-20,000 M(r) were frequently reactive with IgE antibody in the sera of subjects with seasonal respiratory allergy.
(20) The results show that sorrel (Rumex) and plantain (Plantago) also belong to the most important pollens and should therefore be included in the test spectrum for allergological examinations.