leaf
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English lēaf Proto-Germanic *laubaz Proto-Indo-European *leup- (“‘to peel, break off’”)
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[edit] Noun
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leaf (plural leaves)
- An organ of a plant typically divided into a flattened portion (the blade) and a narrow stalk (the petiole) and serving as the principal site of photosynthesis and transpiration.
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- gold leaf
- A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- (in plural leaves) Tea leaves.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
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Terms derived from the noun leaf
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part of a plant
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sheet of a book
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tea leaves
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flat section used to extend a table
computing, mathematics: a tree node without descendants
- to be checked
- French: abattant m.
[edit] Verb
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to leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
- (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
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Terms derived from the verb to leaf
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to produce leaves
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[edit] See also
[edit] West Frisian
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leaf c. (pl. leaven)
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leaf (c., pl. form leave)
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leaf
[edit] Old English
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- IPA: /ˈlæ:ɑf/