English > leaf: 6 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. |
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| Synonyms | leafage, foliage |
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| Parts | leaf shape, leaf form | Any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume |
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| lobe | (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided |
| venation | (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf |
| Narrower | amplexicaul leaf | A leaf with its base clasping the stem |
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| betel leaf, betel | A leaf of a vine from the betel pepper |
| blade, leaf blade | especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole |
| cataphyll | A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development |
| compound leaf | A leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk |
| crenate leaf | A leaf having a scalloped margin |
| dandelion green | The foliage of the dandelion plant |
| dentate leaf | A leaf having a toothed margin |
| emarginate leaf | A leaf having a notch at the apex |
| entire leaf | A leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentations |
| erose leaf | A leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawed |
| fig leaf | A leaf from a fig tree |
| floral leaf | A modified leaf that is part of a flower |
| frond | compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad |
| greenery, verdure | green foliage |
| leaflet | Part of a compound leaf |
| lobed leaf | A leaf having deeply indented margins |
| pad | The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) |
| parallel-veined leaf | A leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem |
| parted leaf | A leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes |
| pitcher | (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer |
| prickly-edged leaf | A leaf having prickly margins |
| rosette | A cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) |
| runcinate leaf | A leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base |
| scale, scale leaf | A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
| serrate leaf | A leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex |
| simple leaf | A leaf that is not divided into parts |
| sporophyll, sporophyl | leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia |
| Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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| Substances | parenchyma | The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature |
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| Spanish | follaje, hoja |
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| Catalan | fullam, fulla, fullatge |
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| Adjectives | foliaceous | of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant |
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| leafy | having or covered with leaves |
| Nouns | leaflet | part of a compound leaf |
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| Verbs | leaf | produce leaves, of plants |
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