Definitions for stipules

stipules stip·ule

Spelling: [stip-yool]
IPA: /ˈstɪp yul/

Stipules is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in stipules (eilpsstu).

Definitions for stipules

noun

  1. one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
  2. one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.

Origin of stipules

1785-95; Latin stipula stalk, noun use of feminine of *stipulus firm (recorded in LL); akin to stipes

Examples for stipules

The presence and character of the stipules should always be noted.

Its stipules are large, narrow-oval in form, with an arrow-shaped base.

The leaves are furnished with stipules, and the flowers spring from the axils of the leaves.

The leaves are simple, cordate, opposite to each other, and furnished with stipules.

The presence and the size and color of stipules are often important enough to record.

Now, a leaf cannot have more than two stipules, one on each side.

I may here be asked what are stipules, and in what do they differ from leaves?

Most Willows show the stipules on the young luxuriant growths.

Leaves but little or not at all heart-shaped; stipules linear-lanceolate.

Even if the stipules have dropped off, the small scars remain.

Word Value for stipules
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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