Petiole may refer to:
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Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole () is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the Plant stem, stem. It is able to twist the leaf to face the sun, producing a characteristic foliage arrangement (spacing of blades), and also optimizing its exposure to su ...
, the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem
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Petiole (insect anatomy)
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and wasps in the suborder Apocrita.
The petiole can consist of either one or two segments, a characteristic that separates ...
, the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects
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