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Definition of leaf

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Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es

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Sheath :: Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses..

Leaf :: 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..

Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..

Ecostate :: Ecostate (a.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

Folio :: Folio (n.) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words..

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

Folium :: Folium (n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy..

Lichen :: Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great

Phyllo- :: Phyllo- () A combining form from Gr. / a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy..

Warty :: Warty (a.) Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf..

Pecopteris :: Pecopteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

Ambitus :: Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell..

Apiculated :: Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf..

Leaves :: Leaves (n.) pl. of Leaf.

Spinet :: Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines..

Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral..

Stenographed :: Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats..

Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..

Simple :: Simple (a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf..

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..