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† ˈleafit Obs.
[f. leaf n.1 + -it, ? = et.]
= leaflet n. 1.
1787Withering Brit. Plants Dict. Terms (1796) I. 66 Leafit, or little leaf (foliolum) one of the single leaves of a compound leaf. 1793T. Martyn Lang. Bot., Leaflets, Foliola. Others call them Leafits. But I follow the analogy of the language in forming diminutives. 1816Keith Phys. Bot. II. 453 The leafits of some of the leguminous plants..are often erected into a vertical position on each side the leaf-stalk. 1819H. Busk Banquet ii. 458* Smooth from the spatula, heart-shaped, or awl, The winged leafits stretch along the wall. 1820Keats Isabella liv, So that the jewel, safely casketed, Came forth, and in perfumed leafits spread. 1830J. Rennie Insect Archit. viii. 164 The leafits of the rose..expand in nearly the same manner as a fan. 1916Blunden Harbingers 60 The lopped tree, be it but stub or stock, Thrives, and begems its leafits in a year. |