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| Dutch metal |
an alloy of copper and zinc, thin sheets of which resemble gold leaf. |
| flyleaf |
the blank sheet or leaf in the front or back of a book. |
| foliaceous |
of, pertaining to, or like a plant leaf. [1/3 definitions] |
| foliation |
the condition of being in leaf. [1/6 definitions] |
| folio |
in a book or manuscript, a leaf that has a number only on the front side. [1/6 definitions] |
| frond |
a long, finely divided leaf, as of a fern or certain palms. |
| gold foil |
gold that has been beaten into thin sheets, slightly thicker than gold leaf. |
| hypocotyl |
the stem that is below the primary leaf of a seedling plant. |
| interleaf |
an additional leaf or page, usu. blank, that is bound between other pages of a book, often for a reader to make notes on. |
| joint |
a place on the stem of a plant where the growth of a branch or leaf originates or will originate. [1/13 definitions] |
| keel |
in biology, a longitudinal structure on a bone, stem, leaf, or the like; ridge; carina. [1/4 definitions] |
| lamina |
the blade or expanded area of a leaf. [1/2 definitions] |
| leafless |
combined form of leaf. |
| leaflet |
any of the segments or blades that form a compound leaf. [1/3 definitions] |
| leafstalk |
the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to a stem; petiole. |
| leafy |
similar to a leaf or leaves. [1/2 definitions] |
| leaved |
having a leaf, leaves, or a particular kind or number of leaves (usu. used in combination). |
| leaves |
pl. of leaf. |
| lily pad |
the large, flat, floating leaf of a water lily. |
| linear |
long and narrow, as an elongated leaf. [1/6 definitions] |
| lobed |
of a leaf, having divisions that reach about halfway to the base. [1/2 definitions] |
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