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Look up: leaf

  1. leaf
    An organ found in most vascular plants; it consists of a flat lamina (blade) and a petiole (stalk). Many flowering plants have additionally a pair of small stipules near the base of the petiole.
    Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl

  2. Leaf
    Leaf is slang for cannabis.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Leaf
    The lateral organ of a stem. In grasses it consists of sheath and blade.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  4. leaf
    [n] - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants 2. [n] - a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) 3. [n] - hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) 4. [v] - turn over the pages of 5. [v] - turn over pages 6. [v] - produce leaves, of plants
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. LEAF
    Law Enforcement Access Field
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  6. Leaf
    The word ‘teeth`, applied to the projections on a gear-wheel, is replaced by ‘leaves` when speaking of a pinion.
    Found on http://www.horologia.co.uk/watchglossary

  7. Leaf
    See also PAGE (395), RECTO (471), VERSO (566) A single sheet of paper, recto and verso, making two pages of a book; the basic bibliographical unit of a book
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#

  8. Leaf
    The inner or outer wall of a cavity wall construction.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  9. Leaf
    The inner or outer wall of a cavity wall construction.
    Found on http://selfbuildhome.net/self-build-glos

  10. Leaf
    Two sheets of membrane enclosing the permeate spacer to form a leak-free envelope
    Found on http://www.porvairfiltration.com/filtrat

  11. LEAF
    (language) 1. LISP Extended Algebraic Facility. 2. 'LEAF: A Language which Integrates Logic, Equations and Functions', R. Barbuti et al in Logic Programming, Functions Relations and Equations, D. DeGroot et al eds, P-H 1986, pp.201-238.
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  12. leaf
    (mathematics, data) (Or 'terminal node') In a tree, a node which has no daughter. (1998-11-14)
    Found on

  13. Leaf
    A vegetative organ which, when complete, consists of a flat blade, a petiole or stalk, and (usually two) small leafy appendages at the base of the petiole.
    Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/Medicinal%

  14. leaf
    leaf of the vine Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  15. Leaf
    Leaf (lēf) noun ; plural Leaves (lēvz). [ Middle English leef , lef , leaf , Anglo-Saxon leáf ; akin to S. lōf , OFries. laf , Dutch loof foliage, German laub , Old High German loub leaf, foliage, Icelandic lauf , Swedish löf , Danish löv , Goth. laufs ; confer Lithu ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  16. Leaf
    Leaf (lēf) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leafed (lēft); present participle & verbal noun Leafing .] To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. Sir T. Browne.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/23

  17. leaf
    To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. ... Origin: OE. Leef, lef, leaf, AS. Leaf; akin to S. Lf, OFries. Laf, D. Loof foliage, G. Laub,OHG. Loub leaf, foliage, Icel. Lauf, Sw. Lof, Dan. Lov, Goth. Laufs; cf. Lith. Lapas. Cf. Lodge. ... 1. <botany> A coloured, usually green, expansion growing from the side o ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  18. leaf
    folio noun a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. leaf
    noun hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. leaf
    leafage noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. leaf
    verb produce leaves, of plants
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. leaf
    verb turn over pages; `leaf through a book`; `leaf a manuscript`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. Leaf
    • (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.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  24. leaf
    (from the article `Novikov, Sergey Petrovich`) ...of Mathematicians in Nice, France, in 1970. One of his most impressive contributions in the field of topology was his work on ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/26

  25. leaf
    in botany, any usually flattened green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which in turn ultimately ... [40 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/26


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