Leaf
WordNet
noun
(1) Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
(2) A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
(3) The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
verb
(4) Produce leaves, of plants
(5) Turn over pages
"Leaf through a book"
"Leaf a manuscript"
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Etymology
From lēaf
Noun
- An organ of a plant typically divided into a flattened portion (the blade) and a narrow stalk (the petiole) and serving as the principal site of photosynthesis and transpiration.
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- gold leaf
- A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- (in plural leaves) Tea leaves.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- In a tree, a node that has no descendants.