Encyclopedian Dictionary

Pronunciation key

( stip′yoo-lāt′ )
( stip′yoo-lit )

stipulate

adj.

[Mod. L. stipulatus]

v.t. [STIPULATED (-id), STIPULATING]

[< L. stipulatus pp. of stipulari, to bargain, < OL. stipulus, firm; IE. base *stip-, a pole, etc; cf. STIFF].

Stipulate

v.i.

to make a specific demand or arrangement for some thing as part of a condition in an agreement.

Stipule, of Pea Vine

Pronunciation key

( pẽr-fō′li-it )
( pẽr-fō′li-āt′ )

Perfoliate Leaves

per•fo•li•ate

adj.

[per-, through + L. folium a leaf; + ate].

Perfoliate Leaves
Connate perfoliate of a wild honeysuckle and perfoliate of a bellwort

Pronunciation key

( ôl′tẽr-nit )
( al′tẽr-nit )
for v.
( ôl′tẽr-nāt′ )
( al′tẽr-nāt′ )

al•ter•nate

Alternate

adj.

[L. alternatus pp. of alternare to do by turns < alternus, one after the other < alter, other].

occurence in turns; succession each other; one and then another.
every other one, as in answering alternate questions.
in botany, growing along the stem singly at various intervals: opposed to opposite. Placed at intervals betweeen other parts.

Alternate Leaves of Beech

An individual selected to replace another if necessary, such as an alternate juror; substitute.
in linquistics an allomorph. Abbreviated alt.

v.t. [ALTERNATED (-id), ALTERNATING], to do or use by turns. Make happen or arrange by turns.

v.i.

to act, happen, et cetera by turns; follow in succession: such as good times alternate with the bad.
taking turns.
regular exchange of place or position.
in electronics, to reverse direction regularly and continually as in electrical current. That is, AC/DC, Alternating Current vs. Direct Current.
to make, or be operated by such a current.

Syn. - intermittent.

Leaf Arrangement and Attachment Chart Reference: Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005
Alternate	Amplexicaul	Decurrent
Opposite	Perfoliate	Petiolate
Sessile	Sheathing	Stipulate (Contains a Stipule)