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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Plicated :: Plicated (a.) Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf..
Apiculated :: Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf..
Tremulous :: Tremulous (a.) Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar..
Twenty-fourmo :: Twenty-fourmo (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc..
Quadridentate :: Quadridentate (a.) Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf..
Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Philomot :: Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf.
Base :: Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support..
Stenographed :: Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats..
Three-leafed :: Three-leafed (a.) Alt. of Three-leave.
Bear''s-ear :: Bear's-ear (n.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the 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..
Pyroscope :: Pyroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf..
Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..
Reclinate :: Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base..
Pineweed :: Pineweed (n.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States..
Coca :: Coca (n.) The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon..
Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.
Jointweed :: "Jointweed (n.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers..
Epimere :: Epimere (n.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf..
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