Definition of leaf

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Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..

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Imparipinnate :: Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
Tripartite :: Tripartite (v. i.) Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil..
Myrtiform :: Myrtiform (a.) Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a myrtle leaf.
Parted :: Parted (a.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc..
Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
Warty :: Warty (a.) Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf..
Phasmid :: Phasmid (n.) Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect..
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
Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate..
Leavy :: Leavy (a.) Leafy.
Obverse :: Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf..
Stirred :: Stipuled (a.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages..
Coadunate :: Coadunate (a.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf..
Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.
Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Vigesimo-quarto :: Vigesimo-quarto (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc..
Truncate :: Truncate (a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons..
Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf..
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