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leaf

  • noun
  • lēf

The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

Other meanings

  1. A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.

  2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.

Synonyms

  • foliage

A kind of

  • plant organ

Kinds of leaf

  • floral leaf
  • dandelion green
  • blade
  • pad
  • scale
  • fig leaf
  • simple leaf
  • compound leaf

Example sentences

  • “The early fig grows under the leaf.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “A single leaf floated to the ground.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “That will encourage radish leaf growth instead of root development.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Old English "lēaf".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “leaf” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.