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leaf

Leaf is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter L and ends with the letter F for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(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.
(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.
(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.
(v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as the trees leaf in May.

Syllable Information

The word leaf is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for leaf is: leaf


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