HyperDic: leafing

English > 1 sense of the word *leafing*:
NOUN	process	leafing, foliation	(botany) the process of forming leaves

leafing > pronunciation
Sounds	liy'fihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *leafing*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	(botany) the process of forming leaves.
Synonym	foliation
Category	botany, phytology	The branch of biology that studies plants
Broader	growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
Spanish	foliación