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leaf
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[ noun ] (botany) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)When they have 4 to 6 leaves and are thrifty little plants , it 's time to set them out where they are to remain . A second and also good practice is to shear off the tops , leaving an inch high stub with just a leaf or two on each branch . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Leaves were burning somewhere and the smoke smelled , for all its ammoniac acidity , of beginnings . In the starlight he could see the trees stripped of their leaves . During the summer he had tried to repair some of his losses at the track , and the bare trees reminded him that his pari-mutuel tickets would still be lying , like leaves , in the gutters near Belmont and Saratoga . Related terms plant_organ blade scale cotyledon leaflet greenery dandelion_green amplexicaul_leaf serrate_leaf erose_leaf frond sporophyll pad rosette simple_leaf compound_leaf entire_leaf crenate_leaf floral_leaf dentate_leaf emarginate_leaf fig_leaf runcinate_leaf lobed_leaf parted_leaf lily_pad cataphyll leaf_shape lobe venation parenchyma foliate |
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[ verb ] produce leaves, of plants
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10474
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[ noun ] hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
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