Leaf
21leaf — 1 /li:f/ noun plural leaves /li:vz/ 1 PLANT (C) one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches: a flowering bush with large shiny leaves | be in leaf/come into leaf: The forest was just coming into leaf. 2 take a… …
22leaf — /lif / (say leef) noun (plural leaves /livz / (say leevz)) 1. one of the expanded, usually green, organs borne by the stem of a plant. 2. any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem. 3. a petal: a rose leaf. 4. foliage or leafage. 5 …
23leaf — Lau; lā (in contractions, as lā alo [taro leaf]; lā ī [ti leaf]; lā ie [ ie ie, ie leaf]; lā ō [sugar cane leaf]). Also: ao, liko, oho, ao kahi. See pandanus. ♦ Leaf turning red, mākole lau (rare). ♦ Leaf fading or withering, lau pala,… …
24leaf — I. noun (plural leaves; also leafs) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German loub leaf Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a… …
25leaf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. frond, blade; lamina, sheet, flake; sheet, page. See vegetable, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The leafy organ of a plant] Syn. leaflet, needle, bract, petiole, blade, frond, stalk, stipule, scale,… …
26leaf — {{11}}leaf (n.) O.E. leaf leaf of a plant; page of a book, from P.Gmc. *laubaz (Cf. O.S. lof, O.N. lauf, O.Fris. laf, Du. loof, O.H.G. loub, Ger. Laub foliage, leaves, Goth. lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup to peel off, break off (Cf. Lith …
27leaf — art at leak [[t]lif[/t]] n. pl. leaves [[t]livz[/t]] v. 1) bot one of the expanded, usu. green organs borne by the stem of a plant 2) bot any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem 3) bot leaves collectively 4) lib a sheet usu. of… …
28leaf — 1. noun /liːf/ a) The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. gold leaf b) Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. The train car has one single leaf and two double leaf doors per side 2 …
29Leaf — Of a tree. The olive leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak leaf is mentioned Isa. 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their… …
30leaf — noun (plural leaves) 1》 a flattened structure of a plant, typically green and blade like, in which photosynthesis and transpiration mainly take place. ↘(often in phr. in/into leaf) the state of having leaves. 2》 a single thickness of paper,… …
