| 单词 | leafage |
| 释义 | leafage (once / 10341 pages) n WORD FAMILY leaf: interleaf, leaf-like, leafage, leafed, leafing, leafless, leaflet, leaflike, leafs, leafy, leaves, overleaf+/interleaf: interleaves/leafing: leafings/leafless: leaflessly/leaflet: leaflets/leafy: leafier, leafiest USAGE EXAMPLESWe have, indeed, only a hideous human face with a marginal excrescence of leafage. Dresser, Christopher, Principles of Decorative Design—Fou...(2012) Some of the Tree Peonies have finely displayed leafage of a curious and very gratifying tint of green. Earle, Alice Morse, Old-Time Gardens—Newly Set Forth(2012) Many grand ravines came down upon this gorge, their dwarf trees, orange, tawny, and canary-yellow, mingled with rose-red leafage. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, V...(2012) n the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants Syn|Hypo|Hyper foliage, leaf cataphyll a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development floral leafa modified leaf that is part of a flower dandelion greenthe foliage of the dandelion plant pitcher(botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer sporophyl, sporophyllleaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia blade, leaf bladeespecially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole amplexicaul leafa leaf with its base clasping the stem greenery, verduregreen foliage leafletpart of a compound leaf frondcompound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad padthe large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) scale, scale leafa specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin fig leafa leaf from a fig tree simple leafa leaf that is not divided into parts compound leafa leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk entire leafa leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentations crenate leafa leaf having a scalloped margin serrate leafa leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex dentate leafa leaf having a toothed margin emarginate leafa leaf having a notch at the apex erose leafa leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawed runcinate leafa leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base; as a dandelion leaf lobed leafa leaf having deeply indented margins parallel-veined leafa leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem parted leafa leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes prickly-edged leafa leaf having prickly margins rosettea cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) cotyledon, seed leafembryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants megasporophyllin non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia microsporophyllin non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia flower petal, petalpart of the perianth that is usually brightly colored sepalone of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower pinna, pinnuledivision of a usually pinnately divided leaf lily padfloating leaves of a water lily squamulea minute scale trifoliolate leafhaving three leaflets quinquefoliate leafa compound leaf having five leaflets palmate leafa leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point pinnate leafa leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis decompound leafa leaf having divisions that are themselves compound acerate leaf, needlethe leaf of a conifer acuminate leafa leaf narrowing to a slender point cordate leafa heart-shaped leaf cuneate leafa wedge-shaped leaf having the acute angle at the base deltoid leafa simple leaf shaped like a capital delta elliptic leafa simple leaf shaped like an ellipse ensiform leafa sword-shaped leaf; as of iris hastate leafa leaf shaped like a spearhead with flaring pointed lobes at the base lanceolate leafa leaf shaped like a lance head; tapering to a point at each end elongate leaf, linear leafa long slender leaf lyrate leafa simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre obtuse leafa simple leaf having a rounded or blunt tip oblanceolate leafa leaf having a rounded apex and tapering base oblong leafa simple leaf that is rounded at each end with parallel sides obovate leafan egg-shaped leaf with the narrower end at the base ovate leafan egg-shaped leaf with the broader end at the base orbiculate leafcircular or nearly circular leaf pandurate leaf, panduriform leafa fiddle-shaped leaf peltate leafa shield-shaped leaf; as a nasturtium leaf perfoliate leafa leaf with the base united around--and apparently pierced by--the stem reniform leafa simple kidney-shaped leaf sagittate-leaf, sagittiform leafa leaf shaped like an arrow head spatulate leafspatula-shaped leaf; having a broad rounded apex and narrow base denticulate leafa leaf having a finely toothed margin; minutely dentate plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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