Definition:
- (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
- (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
- (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
Compare leaf with other words:
leaf vs. lif
bud vs. leaf
cow vs. leaf
leaf vs. lear
leaf vs. leam
leaf vs. leal
leaf vs. leat
leaf vs. leak
lea vs. leaf
leaf vs. loaf
deaf vs. leaf
leaf vs. lean
lead vs. leaf
leaf vs. leap
flower vs. leaf
leaf vs. peruse
laminarite vs. leaf
intrafoliaceous vs. leaf
endophyllous vs. leaf
filiciform vs. leaf
leaf vs. semiamplexicaul
leaf vs. phylloid
feuillemort vs. leaf
leaf vs. oppositifolious
leaf vs. monophyllous
leaf vs. quinquenerved
ecostate vs. leaf
leaf vs. septfoil
crenature vs. leaf
foliaceous vs. leaf
bracteole vs. leaf
leaf vs. stipel
cinquefoil vs. leaf
ambitus vs. leaf
leaf vs. multijugate
areole vs. leaf
foliole vs. leaf
leaf vs. unijugate
leaf vs. ptyxis
leaf vs. stem
leaf vs. rose
leaf vs. leaves
example vs. leaf
gang vs. leaf
leaf vs. red
hogwash vs. leaf
leaf vs. sheet
leaf vs. ocrea
leaf vs. tomentum
leaf vs. phyllode
leaf vs. rachis
leaf vs. nerved
excurrent vs. leaf
leaf vs. pinnule
filemot vs. leaf
collenchyma vs. leaf
leaf vs. quatrefoil
crowfoot vs. leaf
leaf vs. peduncle
leaf vs. squarrose
foliate vs. leaf
greenwood vs. leaf
leaf vs. midrib
leaf vs. shamrock
giant vs. leaf
leaf vs. petal
leaf vs. oak
leaf vs. vine
lamina vs. leaf
folio vs. leaf
leaf vs. monocotyledonous
cotyledon vs. leaf
leaf vs. ligule
leaf vs. stipule
elliptical vs. leaf
leaf vs. marcescent
leaf vs. rib
leaf vs. rocket
leaf vs. stoma
cutting vs. leaf
leaf vs. shank
attenuation vs. leaf
foliation vs. leaf
flap vs. leaf
leaf vs. riffle
bract vs. leaf
lance vs. leaf
acinaciform vs. leaf
bay vs. leaf
foil vs. leaf
leaf vs. protocol
axil vs. leaf
leaf vs. nerve
folium vs. leaf
leaf vs. pagina
herb vs. leaf
leaf vs. rope
leaf vs. needle
foliage vs. leaf
frond vs. leaf
leaf vs. waterleaf
leaf vs. velvetleaf
leaf vs. underleaf
leaf vs. twinleaf
leaf vs. shinleaf
leaf vs. liverleaf
leaf vs. leavy
leaf vs. leaveless
leaf vs. leaved
leaf vs. leafy
leaf vs. leafstalk
leaf vs. leaflike
leaf vs. leafless
leaf vs. leafing
leaf vs. leafet
leaf vs. leafed
leaf vs. leafcup
leaf vs. leafage
interleave vs. leaf
interleaf vs. leaf
disleave vs. leaf
broadleaf vs. leaf
leaf vs. pinion
leaf vs. pig
kidney vs. leaf
fat vs. leaf
layer vs. leaf
descendant vs. leaf
leaf vs. tree
leaf vs. structure
leaf vs. plant
leaf vs. page
leaf vs. prominent
leaf vs. organ
green vs. leaf
essential vs. leaf
blade vs. leaf
apex vs. leaf
leaf vs. leave
leaf vs. tooth
leaf vs. leaflet
leaf vs. mine
leaf vs. thumb
abscission vs. leaf
leaf vs. prattle