Midrib: alternatives and connections

Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one whic…

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; aug…

The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.

The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next…

(of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter, under Leaf.