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Meaning
Noun
●
The usually
green
and
flat
organ
that
represents
the most
prominent
feature
of most
vegetative
plants.
●
Anything
resembling
the
leaf
of a plant.
●
A
sheet
of a
book
,
magazine
, etc (
consisting of
two
pages
, one on each
face
of the leaf).
●
A
sheet
of any
substance
beaten
or
rolled
until very thin.
●
In Advertising:
Two pages.
●
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.
●
In Botany:
A
foliage leaf
or any of the many and often
considerably
different
structures
it can
specialise
into.
●
In Computing & Mathematics:
In a
tree
, a
node
that has no descendants.
●
The
layer
of
fat
supporting
the
kidneys
of a
pig
,
leaf
fat
.
●
One of the
teeth
of a
pinion
, especially when small.
●
Cannabis.
●
A Canadian person.
●
In Canadian English:
A
member
of the Toronto Maple Leafs
hockey
team, its organization, or its supporters.
Verb
●
To
produce
leaves
;
put forth
foliage.
●
To
divide
(a
vegetable
) into
separate
leaves.
Name
●
A
surname
from Old English.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
leaf
English
leef
Middle English (1100-1500)
leaf
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lēaf
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Folio
Folium
Phyllon
Leave
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Rhymes
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