In·tra-pē'ti-o-lar, a.

a. [Lat. intra, within, and petiolus, petiole.] (Bot.) 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 the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; — often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.