Leaf

Noun

 * 1) The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
 * 2) Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
 * 3) A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
 * gold leaf
 * 1) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
 * 2)  Tea leaves.
 * 3) A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
 * 4) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
 * The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side
 * 1)  A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
 * 2)  In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
 * 3) The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig (see also leaf fat)

Derived terms

 * alderleaf Juneberry
 * almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth
 * aluminium leaf, aluminum leaf
 * angle leaf
 * apple bud and leaf mite
 * arrowleaf groundsel
 * arrowleaf Sida
 * ash-leaf
 * auxiliary leaf
 * avocado leaf
 * banana leaf
 * baroclinic leaf
 * bay leaf, bay-leaf
 * beet leaf aphid
 * beleaf
 * belladona leaf
 * betel leaf
 * bible leaf
 * big-leaf maple
 * bigleaf hydrangea
 * bigleaf magnolia
 * bitter leaf, bitter-leaf, bitterleaf
 * black currant leaf midge
 * bloodleaf
 * blunt-leaf heath
 * branch-leaf
 * brass leaf
 * broad-leaf, broadleaf
 * bronze leaf
 * bumleaf
 * California single-leaf pinyon
 * cedar leaf oil
 * cereal leaf aphid
 * Chinese leaf
 * clover-leaf, cloverleaf
 * cold leaf
 * come into leaf
 * compound leaf
 * copper-leaf, copperleaf
 * cord-leaf
 * corn leaf aphid, corn-leaf aphid
 * corn leaf aphid
 * crinkle leaf
 * curleyleaf pondweed
 * curl-leaf
 * curry leaf, curry-leaf, curry-leaf tree
 * cutleaf, cutleaf coneflower
 * cutleaf groundcherry
 * daisyleaf grape fern
 * diamond-leaf laurel
 * digitalis leaf
 * dining leaf
 * disleaf, disleave
 * double leaf, double-leaf
 * Double Leaf Society
 * drop-leaf table
 * Dutch leaf
 * earleaf nightshade
 * end leaf, end-leaf, endleaf
 * facsimile leaf
 * fall of the leaf
 * fanleaf
 * fig-leaf
 * fine leaf jam
 * five-leaf, five-leaf grass
 * five-leafed
 * flannel-leaf
 * flat-leaf parsley
 * floral leaf
 * flyleaf
 * Florence leaf
 * fly-leaf
 * foliage leaf
 * foliation leaf
 * four-leaf
 * four-lined leaf bug
 * glaucous-leaf oak
 * global Nagano leaf
 * golden leaf tree
 * gold leaf
 * grandleaf seagrape
 * grape-leaf begonia
 * gray-leaf pine, grey-leaf pine
 * green leaf lettuce
 * halberd-leaf rosemallow
 * hawkweed-leaf saxifrage, hawkweed-leaved saxifrage
 * heart-leaf
 * hollow leaf
 * holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry
 * in full leaf
 * in leaf
 * interleaf
 * interleave
 * in the leaf
 * ivy-leaf
 * Japanese bigleaf magnolia
 * Japanese leaf
 * jellyleaf
 * lace-leaf, laceleaf, lace-leaf plant
 * Lamotte's roundleaf bat
 * lantern leaves
 * largeleaf avens
 * largeleaf holly


 * largeleaf waterleaf
 * latticeleaf, lattice leaf plant
 * laurel-leaf blade, laurel-leaf point
 * leafage
 * leaf alcohol
 * leaf aldehyde
 * leaf area duration
 * leaf-area index
 * leaf-arrowhead
 * leaf axil
 * leaf-base
 * leaf-bearing
 * leaf-beaten
 * leaf-bed
 * leaf beet
 * leaf beetle, leaf-beetle
 * leafbird
 * leaf-birth
 * leaf blade
 * leaf blight
 * leaf blister
 * leaf blotch
 * leaf blower, leaf-blower
 * leaf-book
 * leaf-brass
 * leaf bridge, leaf-bridge
 * leaf brown
 * leaf bud, leaf-bud, leafbud
 * leaf bug
 * leaf-bundle
 * leaf butterfly, leaf-butterfly
 * leaf-bug
 * leaf cactus
 * leaf-canopy
 * leaf cast
 * leafcasting
 * leaf chafer
 * leaf class
 * leaf-climber
 * leaf-climbing
 * leaf coral
 * leaf crumpler, leaf-crumpler
 * leafcup
 * leaf curl, leaf-curl
 * leaf curling plum aphid
 * leaf-cushion
 * leaf-cut
 * leaf cutter, leaf-cutter
 * leaf-cutting
 * leaf-cycle
 * leaf deer
 * leaf disease
 * leaf-disk test
 * leafdom
 * leaf door
 * leaf-drift
 * leaf-eared
 * leafed
 * leafen
 * leafen gold
 * leafery
 * leafet
 * leaf-fall
 * leaf fat, leaf-fat
 * leaf-feeder
 * leaf-finch
 * leaffish
 * leaf flea, leaf-flea
 * leafflower
 * leaf-folder
 * leaf-foot bug, leaf-footed bug
 * leaf-footed
 * leaf form
 * leaf frog, leaf-frog
 * leaf gap, leaf-gap
 * leaf-gate
 * leaf gelatine
 * leaf-gilding
 * leaf-gold
 * leaf green, leaf-green
 * leaf hopper, leaf-hopper, leafhopper
 * leaf-house
 * leaf-hut
 * leaf index
 * leafing
 * leaf initial
 * leaf insect, leaf-insect


 * leafit
 * leaf-joy
 * leaf lard, leaf-lard
 * leafless
 * leaflet
 * leaf lettuce
 * leaf-lichen
 * leaf-like, leaflike
 * leaf litter
 * leaf louse, leaf-louse
 * leaf-mass
 * leafmeal
 * leaf metal, leaf-metal
 * leaf miner, leaf-miner
 * leaf-mining caterpillar
 * leaf-monkey
 * leaf mold, leaf-mold, leaf mould, leaf-mould
 * leaf monkey
 * leaf-mosaic


 * leaf muntjac
 * leaf mustard
 * leaf nematode


 * leaf-netting
 * leaf node
 * leaf-nosed
 * leaf notcher
 * leaf of heddles
 * leaf-opposed
 * Leafpad
 * leaf peeper, leaf-peeper
 * leaf peeping, leaf-peeping
 * leaf-plant
 * leaf-plate, leaf-platter
 * leaf primordium
 * leaf protein
 * leaf-red
 * leaf roll, leaf-roll
 * leaf roller, leaf-roller
 * leaf-rolling
 * leaf-rosette
 * leaf rust, leaf-rust
 * leaf scald
 * leaf-scale
 * leaf scar, leaf-scar
 * leaf scorch
 * leaf sewer
 * leaf shape
 * leaf-shaped
 * leaf sheath, leaf-sheath
 * leaf-shedding
 * leaf shelter
 * leaf shutter
 * leaf-sickness
 * leaf sight, leaf-sight
 * leaf-silver
 * leaf site
 * leaf-skin
 * leaf smut
 * leaf soil, leaf-soil
 * leaf-spine
 * leaf spot, leaf-spot
 * leaf spring, leaf-spring
 * leaf stalk, leaf-stalk, leafstalk
 * leaf-table
 * leaf-tailed
 * leaf tea
 * leaf-teeth
 * leaf-tendril
 * leaf-thorn
 * leaf tier
 * leaf-tin
 * leaf tobacco
 * leaf-toed gecko
 * leaf topology
 * leaf trace, leaf-trace
 * leaf-turner
 * leaf turtle
 * leaf tyer
 * leaf valve
 * leaf-valve
 * leaf vegetable
 * leaf warbler, leaf-warbler
 * leaf wasp, leaf-wasp
 * leaf-work
 * leaf-worm
 * leafy
 * leather leaf, leatherleaf
 * leave
 * leaved
 * leaveless
 * leavish
 * leavy
 * linkleaf cactus
 * lion's leaf
 * little leaf, littleleaf disease
 * little-leaf fig
 * little-leaf linden
 * littleleaf snowberry
 * liver-leaf, liverleaf
 * local Nagano leaf
 * long-leafed pine, long-leaf pine, longleaf pine, long-leaved pine
 * loose-leaf
 * lotus leaf wrap
 * love leaf
 * Lucerne leafweevil
 * Malabar leaf
 * Malayan roundleaf bat
 * maple leaf, maple-leaf
 * maximum leaf spanning tree
 * metal leaf
 * Mexican flame leaf, Mexican flameleaf
 * mid-leaf
 * multileaf collimator
 * myriad-leaf
 * narrow-leaf cattail
 * narrowleaf hawkweed
 * narrow-leaf penstemon
 * needle-leaf tree
 * netleaf hackberry
 * nettleleaf goosefoot, nettle-leaved goosefoot
 * northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight
 * nose leaf, nose-leaf
 * Novikov closed leaf theorem
 * oak leaf, oakleaf
 * oblongleaf Juneberry
 * one-leaf
 * orange-leaf


 * orbiculate leaf
 * oriental leaf
 * overleaf
 * painted leaf
 * painted-leaf begonia
 * paint leaf
 * palladium leaf
 * palm-leaf
 * patch-leaf
 * peach leaf curl
 * peachleaf willow
 * pear leaf blister mite
 * pear leaf blister moth
 * pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
 * pine leaf aphid
 * pine leaf scale
 * platinum leaf
 * pointed-leaf maple
 * potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus
 * preliminary leaf
 * primary leaf
 * purple-faced leaf monkey
 * quarto leaf
 * raffle leaf
 * ragleaf
 * red leaf
 * red leaf lettuce
 * redleaf rose
 * red raspberry leaf
 * root leaf, root-leaf
 * rose-leaf
 * rough leaf
 * roundleaf plantain
 * roundleaf snowberry
 * sacred pepper leaf
 * satanic leaf-tailed gecko
 * satin leaf, satinleaf
 * saw-leaf herb
 * scale leaf
 * seed leaf, seed-leaf
 * seminal leaf
 * shake like a leaf
 * shin leaf, shin-leaf, shinleaf
 * short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine
 * silver leaf, silver-leaf
 * silverleaf nightshade
 * silver leaf tree
 * silverleaf whitefly
 * single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon
 * skeleton leaf
 * sleek-leaf
 * southern leaf-tailed gecko
 * spade leaf
 * specific leaf area
 * spiny-leaf podocarp
 * split-leaf philodendron
 * spoon-leafed sundew
 * spoonleaf yucca
 * starleaf
 * star-leaf begonia
 * stem-and-leaf plot
 * stem leaf
 * stiff-leaf
 * strawberry leaf
 * strip-leaf
 * sugarleaf
 * Sumatra leaf
 * sweet leaf, sweetleaf
 * symplectic leaf
 * take a leaf out of someone's book
 * tansy leaf aster
 * tea leaf, tea-leaf, tealeaf
 * tendu leaf
 * threadleaf groundsel
 * three-leaf
 * thoroughleaf
 * title leaf
 * tooling leaf
 * triple nose-leaf bat
 * true leaf
 * trumpet-leaf
 * turn down a leaf
 * turn over a new leaf
 * turn over the next leaf
 * turn the leaf
 * twill of four leaves
 * twill of three leaves
 * twinleaf, twin-leaf
 * twinleaf onion
 * two-leaf
 * umbrella leaf
 * underleaf
 * unit leaf rate
 * unleaf, unleave
 * velvet-leaf, velvetleaf
 * venous leaf
 * vine-leaf
 * walking leaf, walking-leaf
 * water leaf, water-leaf
 * waterleaf
 * waxleaf privet
 * way of the leaf
 * willowleaf pear
 * willow-leaf point
 * windowleaf
 * yellow-leaf sickle pine

Verb

 * 1)  To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

Synonyms

 * leave (verb)

Derived terms

 * leafing


 * leaf through

Thesaurus
Burley, Cuban, Havana, Havana seed, Latakia, Maryland, Russian, Turkish, Virginia, acknowledgments, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, blade, bract, bracteole, bractlet, bright, bud, burgeon, burst forth, canaster, cardboard, catch line, catchword, coat, coating, collop, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, cotyledon, covering, cut, deal, dedication, disk, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, feuille, film, flag, flap, floral leaf, flourish, flue-cured, flyleaf, foil, fold, folio, foliole, fore edge, foreword, frond, front matter, gemmate, germinate, glume, grow, grow rank, half-title page, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, involucre, involucrum, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf out, leaflet, leave, lemma, ligule, lugs, luxuriate, makeup, membrane, needle, overgrow, overrun, page, pane, panel, paper, patina, peel, pellicle, petal, pile, pine needle, plait, plank, plate, plating, plug tobacco, ply, plywood, preface, preliminaries, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, quire, rasher, ream, recto, reverso, riot, root, running title, safety glass, scum, seconds, seed leaf, sepal, shag, sheet, shoot, shoot up, signature, skin, slab, slat, slice, spathe, spear, spire, sprout, sprout up, stationery, stipula, stipule, strike root, subtitle, table, table of contents, tablet, tail, take root, text, title, title page, trim size, type page, upspear, upsprout, vegetate, veneer, verso, wafer

Etymology
leef:, from lēaf, from  (compare Dutch loof:, German Laub:), from  'to peel, break off' (compare Irish luibh: 'herb', Latin liber: 'bast; book', Lithuanian luoba: 'bark', Albanian labë: 'rind').

Noun

 * Afrikaans: blaar
 * Albanian:
 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Arabic: (wáraqa)
 * Armenian: տերև (terev)
 * Bashkir:
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: (list)
 * Catalan: fulla
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: (ifer)
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: (yè)  (yèzi)
 * Chumash: (Inezeño) qap
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: blad, løv
 * Dutch:
 * Fijian: drau
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Modern:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: lau
 * Hebrew: עלה (’aleh)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: duilleog, bileog
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 葉 (は, ha), 葉っぱ (はっぱ, happá), 木の葉 (このは, konoha)
 * Korean: 잎 (ip)
 * Kurdish:
 * Lakota: wahpe, ape


 * Lao: (bay),  (baymai)
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: lapas
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ഇല (ila)
 * Maori:
 * Marathi:, , दल
 * Norwegian:, løv (dead)
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: aniibiishibag, aniibiishibagoon, aniibiish, aniibiishan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: duille, duilleag
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: jani, majani pl (noun 5/6), msahafu, misahafu pl (noun 3/4)
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: dahon
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: ə̂na
 * Telugu: ఆకు (aaku)
 * Thai: (bai),  (bai māāi)
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýaprak
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zazaki:


 * Dutch:
 * Greek:


 * Norwegian:
 * Telugu: ఆకు (aaku)


 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: fémfüst
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:


 * Afrikaans: blad
 * Arabic: (wáraqa),  (’auráːq)
 * Armenian: էջ (ēǰ)
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: (list)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 一枚 (いちまい, ichí-maí)
 * Korean: 안장 (hanjang)
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: lapa, loksne
 * Lithuanian: lapas
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (list), листы (listý)
 * Scottish Gaelic: duilleag
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Latin:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: gombo, magombo pl (noun 5/6), ukurasa, kurasa pl (noun 11/10)
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పత్రం (patram)
 * Thai: (bai)
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: vendéglap, betét


 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * French:


 * Scottish Gaelic: duille-dorais, dor-dhuille, duilleag-còmhla


 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Norwegian: løv


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Macedonian: разлистува
 * Polish: wypuszczać liście


 * Slovene: olistati se
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * alef
 * flea
 * Lafe

Noun

 * 1) permission

Descendants

 * English: leave

Noun

 * 1) leaf
 * 2) page

Descendants

 * English: leaf

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).

Etymology 2
From, perhaps from. Cognate with Old Saxon lōf (Dutch loof), Old High German loup (German Laub), Old Norse lauf: (Danish løv:, Swedish löv), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃:.

Noun

 * 1) leaf

Etymology
From lēaf.

Noun
leaf ( leaven)


 * 1) leaf, especially a long leaf, like a blade of grass

Adjective
leaf (, form leave)


 * 1) friendly, kind, cordial

Adverb
leaf


 * 1) in a friendly manner, kindly, cordially