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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Papulose :: Papulose (a.) Having papulae; papillose; as, a papulose leaf..
Stenographed :: Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats..
Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral..
Ptyxis :: Ptyxis (n.) The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate..
Trigesimo-secundo :: Trigesimo-secundo (a.) Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc..
Verruculose :: Verruculose (a.) Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk..
Laterifolious :: Laterifolious (a.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower..
Endecaphyllous :: Endecaphyllous (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
Dorsiferous :: Dorsiferous () Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..
Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
Dissected :: Dissected (a.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
Fo''liolate :: Fo'liolate (a.) Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition; as, bi-foliolate..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns..
Denticulated :: Denticulated (a.) Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx..
Frondescence :: Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.
Strap :: Strap (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses..
Entire :: Entire (a.) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth..
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