petiole in a sentence

Examples

1. Pupation takes place within a silk cocoon in the inflated leaf petioles.
2. This perennial herb or petioles up to 3 centimeters long.
3. The leaves higher on the stem are smaller and have no petiole.
4. The leaf base and petiole are covered with rows of pointy spines.
5. They feed in the stem, leaf petioles or rootstock.
6. The pupation takes place in a pupa hanging on the leaf petiole.
7. Basal leaves have petioles but the stem leaves do not.
8. Leaves are bipinnate with hair and prickles on the petioles.
9. Petioles may be up to 7 cm long, and are caniculate.
10. Petioles become soft and may break as the pathogen destroys the host.