Definition of leaf

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Leaf (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage..

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Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Folio :: Folio (n.) A leaf of a book or manuscript.
Stenographed :: Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats..
Leafage :: Leafage (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage..
Patent :: Patent (a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf..
Paraguay Tea :: Paraguay tea () See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly..
Quadrijugous :: Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf..
Protonema :: Protonema (n.) The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf..
Cuspidated :: Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf..
Reniform :: Reniform (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf..
Malleation :: Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating..
Phylloid :: Phylloid (a.) Resembling a leaf.
Septempartite :: Septempartite (a.) Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf..
Toothleted :: Toothleted (a.) Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf..
Three-leafed :: Three-leafed (a.) Alt. of Three-leave.
Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..
Dimidiate :: Dimidiate (a.) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed..
Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral..
Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy..
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