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# {{label|en|botany}} A small [[modified]] leaf, especially a [[colorless]] [[membranous]] one, such as on a [[rhizome]] or forming part of a [[bulb]]. |
# {{label|en|botany}} A small [[modified]] leaf, especially a [[colorless]] [[membranous]] one, such as on a [[rhizome]] or forming part of a [[bulb]]. |
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#:''An individual flower that is subtended by a '''scale leaf''' at its junction with the stem of a plant.'' |
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===See also=== |
===See also=== |
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Noun
scale leaf (plural scale leaves)
- (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.
- An individual flower that is subtended by a scale leaf at its junction with the stem of a plant.