leaf
English
Noun
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leaves)
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
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Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
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A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
(in the plural) Tea leaves.
A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
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(botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
(computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
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- The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf ).
The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Derived terms
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* almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, )
* aluminium leaf, aluminum leaf
* angle leaf
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* ash-leaf
* auxiliary leaf
* avocado leaf
* banana leaf
* baroclinic leaf
* bay leaf, bay-leaf
* beleaf
* belladona leaf
* betel leaf
* bible leaf ()
* big-leaf
* bigleaf
* bitter leaf, bitter-leaf, bitterleaf
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* bloodleaf ( spp. )
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* branch-leaf
* brass leaf
* broad-leaf, broadleaf
* bronze leaf
* bumleaf
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* cedar leaf oil
* Chinese leaf
* clover-leaf, cloverleaf
* cold leaf
* come into leaf
* compound leaf
* copper-leaf, copperleaf
* cord-leaf
* crinkle leaf
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* curl-leaf
* curry leaf, curry-leaf, curry-leaf tree
* cutleaf
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* digitalis leaf
* dining leaf
* disleaf, disleave
* double leaf, double-leaf
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* drop-leaf table
* Dutch leaf
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* end leaf, end-leaf, endleaf
* facsimile leaf
* fall of the leaf
* fanleaf
* fig-leaf
* fine leaf jam
* five-leaf,
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* five-leafed
* flannel-leaf
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* floral leaf
* flyleaf
* Florence leaf
* fly-leaf
* foliage leaf
* foliation leaf
* four-leaf
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* global Nagano leaf
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* gold leaf
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* , grey-leaf pine
* green leaf lettuce
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* heart-leaf
* hollow leaf
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* in full leaf
* in leaf
* interleaf
* interleave
* in the leaf
* ivy-leaf
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* Japanese leaf
* jellyleaf
* lace-leaf, laceleaf, lace-leaf plant
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* lantern leaves
* largeleaf
* latticeleaf, lattice leaf plant
* laurel-leaf blade, laurel-leaf point
* leafage
* leaf alcohol
* leaf aldehyde
* leaf aphid
* leaf area duration
* leaf-area index
* leaf-arrowhead
* leaf axil
* leaf-base
* leaf-bearing
* leaf-beaten
* leaf-bed
* leaf beet
* leaf beetle, leaf-beetle (Chrysomelidae)
* leafbird (Chloropsis )
* leaf-birth
* leaf blade
* leaf blight
* leaf blister
* leaf blotch
* leaf blower, leaf-blower
* leaf-book
* leaf-brass
* leaf bridge, leaf-bridge
* leaf brown
* leaf bud, leaf-bud, leafbud
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* leaf-bundle
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* leaf cactus ()
* leaf-canopy
* leaf cast
* leafcasting
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* leaf class
* leaf-climber
* leaf-climbing
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* leaf crumpler, leaf-crumpler
* leafcup ()
* leaf curl, leaf-curl
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* leaf-cushion
* leaf-cut
* leaf cutter, leaf-cutter
* leaf-cutting
* leaf-cycle
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* leaf disease
* leaf-disk test
* leafdom
* leaf door
* leaf-drift
* leaf-eared
* leafed
* leafen
* leafen gold
* leafery
* leafet
* leaf-fall
* leaf fat, leaf-fat
* leaf-feeder
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* leaffish ( )
* , leaf-flea
* leafflower
* leaf-folder
* , leaf-footed bug
* leaf-footed
* leaf form
* leaf frog, leaf-frog (Hylidae)
* leaf gap, leaf-gap
* leaf-gate
* leaf gelatine
* leaf-gilding
* leaf-gold
* leaf green, leaf-green
* leaf hopper, leaf-hopper, leafhopper (Cicadellidae)
* leaf-house
* leaf-hut
* leaf index
* leafing
* leaf initial
* leaf insect, leaf-insect (Phylliidae)
* leafit
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* leaf lard, leaf-lard
* leafless
* leaflet
* leaf lettuce
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* leaf-like, leaflike
* leaf litter
* , leaf-louse
* leaf-mass
* leafmeal
* leaf metal, leaf-metal
* leaf miner, leaf-miner (Lepidoptera, Symphyta, Diptera)
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* leaf mold, leaf-mold, leaf mould, leaf-mould
* , leaf-monkey (Colobinae)
* leaf-mosaic
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* leaf mustard
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* leaf-netting
* leaf node
* leaf-nosed
* leaf notcher
* leaf of heddles
* leaf-opposed
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* leaf peeper, leaf-peeper
* leaf peeping, leaf-peeping
* leaf-plant
* leaf-plate, leaf-platter
* leaf primordium
* leaf protein
* leaf-red
* leaf roll, leaf-roll
* leaf roller, leaf-roller
* leaf-rolling
* leaf-rosette
* leaf rust, leaf-rust
* leaf scald
* leaf-scale
* leaf scar, leaf-scar
* leaf scorch
* leaf sewer
* leaf shape
* leaf-shaped
* leaf sheath, leaf-sheath
* leaf-shedding
* leaf shelter
* leaf shutter
* leaf-sickness
* leaf sight, leaf-sight
* leaf-silver
* leaf site
* leaf-skin
* leaf smut
* leaf soil, leaf-soil
* leaf-spine
* leaf spot, leaf-spot
* leaf spring, leaf-spring
* leaf stalk, leaf-stalk, leafstalk
* leaf-table
* leaf-tailed
* leaf tea
* leaf-teeth
* leaf-tendril
* leaf-thorn
* leaf tier
* leaf-tin
* leaf tobacco
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* leaf topology
* leaf trace, leaf-trace
* leaf-turner
* leaf turtle
* leaf tyer
* leaf valve
* leaf-valve
* leaf vegetable
* leaf warbler, leaf-warbler
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* leaf-work
* leaf-worm
* leafy
* leather leaf, leatherleaf
* leave
* leaved
* leaveless
* leavish
* leavy
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* lion's leaf
* little leaf, littleleaf disease
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* liver-leaf, liverleaf
* local Nagano leaf
* long-leafed pine, long-leaf pine, longleaf pine, long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris )
* loose-leaf
* lotus leaf wrap
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* Malabar leaf
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* maple leaf, maple-leaf
* maximum leaf spanning tree
* metal leaf
* , Mexican flameleaf
* mid-leaf
* multileaf collimator
* myriad-leaf
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* needle-leaf tree
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* , nettle-leaved goosefoot
* northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight
* nose leaf, nose-leaf
* Novikov closed leaf theorem
* oak leaf, oakleaf
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* one-leaf
* orange-leaf
* orbiculate leaf
* oriental leaf
* overleaf
* painted leaf
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* paint leaf
* palladium leaf
* palm-leaf
* patch-leaf
* peach leaf curl
* peachleaf willow
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* , pear leaf midge
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* platinum leaf
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* , potato leafroll virus
* preliminary leaf
* primary leaf
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* quarto leaf
* raffle leaf
* ragleaf
* red leaf
* red leaf lettuce
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* red raspberry leaf
* root leaf, root-leaf
* rose-leaf
* rough leaf
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* satin leaf,
* saw-leaf herb
* scale leaf
* seed leaf, seed-leaf
* seminal leaf
* shake like a leaf
* shin leaf, shin-leaf, shinleaf
* short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine ()
* silver leaf, silver-leaf
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* silver leaf tree
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* single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon
* skeleton leaf
* sleek-leaf
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* spade leaf
* specific leaf area
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* stem-and-leaf plot
* stem leaf
* stiff-leaf
* strawberry leaf
* strip-leaf
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* Sumatra leaf
* sweet leaf, sweetleaf
* symplectic leaf
* take a leaf out of someone's book
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* tea leaf, tea-leaf, tealeaf
* tendu leaf
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* three-leaf
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* title leaf
* tooling leaf
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* true leaf
* trumpet-leaf
* turn down a leaf
* turn over a new leaf
* turn over the next leaf
* turn the leaf
* twill of four leaves
* twill of three leaves
* twinleaf, twin-leaf
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* two-leaf
* umbrella leaf
* underleaf
* unit leaf rate
* unleaf, unleave
* velvet-leaf, velvetleaf
* venous leaf
* vine-leaf
* walking leaf, walking-leaf (Phylliidae)
* water leaf, water-leaf
* waterleaf
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* way of the leaf
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* willow-leaf point
* windowleaf
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Verb
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en verb)
To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
Synonyms
* leave (verb)
Derived terms
* leafing
* leaf through
See also
* foliage
* frond
* needle
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References
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