Crossword clues for leafstalk
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leafstalk \Leaf"stalk`\, n. (Bot.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Wiktionary
n. The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
WordNet
n. the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf [syn: petiole]
Usage examples of "leafstalk".
All the vegetation, big and little, has a battered, shopworn look, trunks leaning this way and that, huge leafstalks bent and dangling, gnawed boughs hanging like broken arms.
The Chickweed is also an instance of what is termed the 'Sleep of Plants,' for every night the leaves approach each other, so that their upper surfaces fold over the tender buds of the new shoots, and the uppermost pair but one of the leaves at the end of the stalk are furnished with longer leafstalks than the others, so that they can close upon the terminating pair and protect the tip of the shoot.