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Example sentences from the Web for leaf sheathThe leaf-sheath is glabrous, slightly compressed, distinctly keeled, as broad or slightly broader than the blade at the mouth. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar The leaf-sheath embracing the peduncle is longer than the lower sheaths. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar From each joint grows a leaf-sheath which is wrapped round the stem for a little distance above the joint. Wildflowers of the Farm|Arthur Owens Cooke The leaf consists of the two parts, the leaf-sheath and the leaf-blade. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
nounbotany the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem Words nearby leaf sheathleaf roll, leaf roller, leaf rust, leaf scald, leaf scar, leaf sheath, leaf sight, leaf spot, leaf spring, leafstalk, leaf through Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |