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1. leaf
noun. ['ˈliːf'] the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
Synonyms
- scale
- lobe
- fig leaf
- rosette
- serrate leaf
- floral leaf
- scale leaf
- venation
- verdure
- parted leaf
- leafage
- foliage
- compound leaf
- leaf blade
- cataphyll
- entire leaf
- simple leaf
- crenate leaf
- frond
- leaflet
- sporophyl
- pitcher
- greenery
- parallel-veined leaf
- blade
- prickly-edged leaf
- runcinate leaf
- dandelion green
- amplexicaul leaf
- emarginate leaf
- sporophyll
- plant organ
- lobed leaf
- dentate leaf
- leaf shape
- erose leaf
- pad
- parenchyma
Antonyms
Etymology
- leef (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Leaf
- disbelief
- bas-relief
- vancleef
- debrief
- salif
- relief
- motif
- matif
- massif
- hafif
- belief
- stief
- sharif
- saif
- okeeffe
- o'keeffe
- okeefe
- o'keefe
- grief
- greiff
- greif
- grefe
- graeff
- graefe
- graef
- brief
- thief
- sheaf
- seife
- seif
How do you pronounce leaf?
Pronounce leaf as lif.
US - How to pronounce leaf in American English
UK - How to pronounce leaf in British English
Sentences with leaf
1. Noun, singular or mass
Look for a second leaf to appear on the stem first.
2. Adjective
Wilted brown leaves can be caused by diseases such as sooty mold, leaf spot fungus or powdery mildew.
Quotes about leaf
1. Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
- Rabindranath Tagore
2. There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
- Diane von Furstenberg
3. If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.
- Michael Crichton
2. leaf-roller
noun. moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.
Synonyms
3. leaf-miner
noun. any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae.
Synonyms
6. leaf
noun. ['ˈliːf'] a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- leef (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. leaf
verb. ['ˈliːf'] produce leaves, of plants.
Antonyms
Etymology
- leef (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. leaf
verb. ['ˈliːf'] look through a book or other written material.
Etymology
- leef (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
