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Definition of leaf

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Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril..

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Unijugate :: Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Base :: Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

Strap :: Strap (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses..

Leaved :: Leaved (a.) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved..

Waterleaf :: Waterleaf (n.) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers..

Biternate :: Biternate (a.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets..

Volti :: Volti (imperative.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf..

Cordate :: Cordate (a.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf..

Foliole :: Foliole (n.) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

Rib :: Rib (n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf..

Lineated :: Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf..

Frondescence :: Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.

Lanceolated :: Lanceolated (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf..

Jointweed :: "Jointweed (n.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers..

Laterifolious :: Laterifolious (a.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower..

Trifoliated :: Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock..

Malleate :: Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.

Spathe :: Spathe (n.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix..

Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..