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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Strene :: Strelitzia (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers..
Default :: Default (v. t.) To leave out of account; to omit.
Outpace :: Outpace (v. t.) To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.
Festoon :: Festoon (n.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium..
Padelion :: Padelion (n.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves..
Stowboard :: Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage..
Biserrate :: Biserrate (a.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves..
Heterophyllous :: Heterophyllous (a.) Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
Room :: Room (n.) Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope..
Dropwort :: Dropwort (n.) An Old World species of Spiraea (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread..
Enneapetalous :: Enneapetalous (a.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves..
Permit :: Permit (n.) Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty..
Conduplicate :: Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation..
Rowan Tree :: Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia)..
Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..
Sleave :: Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term..
Lobeline :: Lobeline (n.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor..
Yaupon :: Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea..
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