stipuled

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stip·ule

 (stĭp′yo͞ol)
n.
One of the small, paired, often leaflike appendages at the base of a leafstalk in many flowering plants.

[New Latin stipula, from Latin, stalk.]

stip′u·lar (-yə-lər), stip′uled′ adj.
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