Thesaurus: leaf

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1. 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.
2. n. A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
3. n. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
4. v. i. To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
5. n. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
6. n. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
7. n. hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
8. v. look through a book or other written material
9. v. turn over pages
10. v. produce leaves, of plants
11. A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of astem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant iselaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plantwhich collectively constitute its foliage.