Definition of leave

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Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go..

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Homodromous :: Homodromous (a.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
Valedictory :: Valedictory (a.) Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration..
Sedum :: Sedum (n.) A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop..
Lete :: Lete (v. t.) To let; to leave.
Toadflax :: Toadflax (n.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted..
Myrtle :: Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used i
Foliose :: Foliose (a.) Having many leaves; leafy.
Destitute :: Destitute (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.
Trash :: Trash (n.) Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like..
Quarto :: Quarto (n.) Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size..
Leave :: Leave (v.) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Induviae :: Induviae (n. pl.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time..
Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..
Leafy :: Leafy (superl) Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest..
Leaves :: Leaves (n.) pl. of Leaf.
Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..
Azymous :: Azymous (a.) Unleavened; unfermented.
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture..
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