stipel

Noun

 * 1)  A stipule associated with a leaflet rather than a complete leaf.
 * 2) * 2000, Patrick S. Herendeen, Anne Bruneau, P. S. Pollard, Advances in Legume Systematics (part 9, page 13)
 * The phaseoloid clade is characterised by some members of all groups having stipels, and desmodioid root nodules which export ureides